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Ben Banks

Rangers player ratings v Liverpool as Barisic and Tavernier suffer in Champions League thrashing

Rangers are out of the Champions League with a heavy 7-1 defeat against Liverpool in their fourth Group A fixture.

A raucous Ibrox met the players who marched onto the turf, who were looking to make amends for losing their first three games in this section against Ajax, Napoli and the Reds. They hadn't scored a goal either but that all changed when Scott Arfield slotted home a memorable goal to heap pressure on Jurgen Klopp's side, who have started the Premier League season poorly. They responded promptly though through a Roberto Firmino header off a set-piece routine and it was all red from there.

Firmino put them ahead as he again exposed his opponents on the right and goalkeeper Allan McGregor's botched clearance gifted Darwin Nunez another goal for Liverpool. Mo Salah then added the quickest-ever Champions League hat-trick off the bench with Harvey Elliott also on target. It leaves Rangers bottom of the group on zero points and they are now in a fight for third to drop into the Europa League beyond Christmas. Here is how we rated manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men.

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