Rangers 2-2 PSV Eindhoven: Scottish side's Champions League hopes in balance

Abdallah Sima's opener carved retired a half-time pb for Rangers earlier a frenetic 2nd play astatine Ibrox

Rangers' hopes of successive seasons successful the Champions League radical stages stay successful the equilibrium aft they cleaved retired a tense play-off archetypal limb gully with PSV Eindhoven astatine a boisterous Ibrox.

A tense Ibrox erupted with joyousness conscionable earlier the interval erstwhile Abdallah Sima shaped successful a splendid opener. But that hard-fought vantage would not last, Ibrahim Sangare benefiting from an outrageous Ismael Saibari stepover to thud successful connected the hour.

When substitute Rabbi Matondo slapped Cyriel Dessers's teasing transportation into the net, it seemed that Rangers mightiness person a priceless pb to instrumentality successful their luggage but, conscionable similar 12 months ago, the archetypal limb would decorativeness 2-2.

Four minutes aft Matondo's strike, Luk de Jong soared to divert a towering header and guarantee these sides volition reconvene for a 2nd limb successful Eindhoven with some eyeing a spot connected the biggest stage.

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Rangers edged it past twelvemonth acknowledgment to Antoni Colak's solitary goal, earlier going connected to endure an utterly chastening run against Napoli, Liverpool and Ajax.

But to springiness themselves the accidental to close immoderate of the wrongs of the worst radical signifier instrumentality successful the competition's history, the Scottish Premiership broadside volition request to amusement much adjacent Wednesday.

They were 2nd champion for overmuch of this crippled - much humor and sweat than walk and determination astatine times - but demonstrated admirable resoluteness to eke retired a creditable result.

Indeed, had Danilo shown a interaction much composure erstwhile presented with an opening astatine the death, triumph mightiness person been theirs. Instead, they spell against adjacent Wednesday. And it's inactive anyone's conjecture however this necktie volition end.

Player of the lucifer - Ismael Salibari (PSV Eindhoven)

If for thing different than the gallus wee dummy that afforded Sangare the accidental to clatter successful the leveller, Saibari takes the award. A diamond successful the mud.

Plenty to ponder but Rangers tin person content - analysis

Beale had lavished praise connected PSV's attacking prowess pre-match, and it astir seemed astatine times successful the archetypal fractional arsenic if determination was a hesitancy astir Rangers erstwhile it came to committing men forward.

Borna Barisic and James Tavernier stayed deep, leaving Sima, Dessers and Todd Cantwell a small isolated. But the Ibrox broadside became much affirmative and reaped the benefits with Matondo's goal.

That they conceded comparatively cheaply truthful soon afterwards volition sting, but Beale tin bespeak that his broadside tin play amended than this. Much better. They volition request to adjacent week but that is simply a situation for different day.

What's next?

Rangers sojourn Ross County successful the league connected Saturday (12:30 BST) earlier travelling to Eindhoven for the instrumentality adjacent Wednesday (20:00). After this, PSV volition beryllium idle until the 2nd leg.