THE respect shown towards Liverpool – as a club and a team – is as well-earned as it is understandable. For 90 minutes at Ibrox, it must be forgotten and replaced with a desire to compete and a will to win that the Reds simply cannot match.
Rangers didn’t strike that balance at Anfield last week. There were times when the badge on the front of the jersey and the names on the back seemingly spooked Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side as they froze on one of the finest stages in the European game.
Those mistakes cannot be made second time around. Ibrox will be expectant and Van Bronckhorst and his players are under no illusions about what is required against the Reds on the back of such a passive performance on Matchday Three.
