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Graeme Souness digs out Rangers for not 'setting about' Liverpool as he voices inferiority complex fear

Unimpressed Graeme Souness believes Rangers missed the chance to "set about" Liverpool during their 7-1 Champions League drubbing.

The 69-year-old - adored by both clubs due to his trophy-laden spells in Glasgow and Merseyside - was in attendance to see Jurgen Klopp's Premier League toilers rip their Group A rivals to shreds. Mo Salah's six-minute hat-trick from the bench underlined the class difference during a game which was delicately poised at 1-1 during the interval. But Roberto Firmino and the Egyptian King crowned a glory night for the Reds after the break.

The chastening defeat leaves Rangers without a point after four games and they head to Napoli next in a bid to stem the flow against Europe's in-form side. And Souness reckons the drubbing highlighted the lack of belief flowing through his former club after a third heavy defeat in four Champions League matches - amid the continual fight for relevance his former team face.

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