Liverpool, who in the previous match failed to win against Brighton in the Premier League, vented their anger in the Champions League.
Jurgen Klopp’s men managed to win 2-0 over Rangers.
The Liverpool vs Rangers match is presented in the Champions League Group A match.
The Liverpool vs Rangers match is presented at Anfield on Wednesday.
Liverpool’s two winning goals were created by Trent Alexander-Arnold from a free kick and Mohamed Salah from the penalty spot.
In this article, SportReviews will summarize a review of the match between Liverpool vs Rangers, quoted from the official UCL website.
In this match, Jurgen Klopp, who is used to playing a 4-3-3 formation, is now playing with a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Darwin Nunez spearheaded the game from the start, supported by Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz in attack.
Liverpool immediately pressed since the early minutes.
The hosts got a free kick in front of the penalty box in the 7th minute following a foul on Darwin Nunez.
As a result, Trent Alexander-Arnold successfully took advantage of the free kick into a goal.
The ball shot past the Rangers posse and slid into the top corner of the net to make it 1-0.
Liverpool continued to press. Luis Diaz stabbed in from the left and ended his run with a shot from outside the box.
But unfortunately, his shot was wide on the Rangers goal.
Mohamed Salah surprised Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor in the 15th minute.
Salah stabbed into the middle before firing from inside the penalty box. The ball went to the far post and forced McGregor to make a save.
Liverpool still dominate the game. McGregor once again saved Rangers’ goal in the 34th minute.
This time he parried Darwin Nunez’s shot from close range.
McGregor made another save in the 43rd minute.
Diogo Jota provided a through ball and Nunez followed it up with a first-time shot that failed to pay off.
There were no additional goals until the first half ended with the score 1-0.
Liverpool got a penalty in the 52nd minute. The referee pointed to the spot after Leon King violated Luis Diaz.
Mohamed Salah, who came forward as the executor, successfully converted a penalty into a goal.
The Egyptian striker directed his shot into the middle and failed to anticipate McGregor to make it 2-0.
Diogo Jota spread a threat to the Rangers goal. Diogo Jota fired a shot into the top corner of the goal and was denied by McGregor.
Joel Matip almost added Liverpool’s lead.
However, his header ball utilizing Kostas Tsimikas’s bait is still thinly sideways from the Rangers goal.
Rangers had threatened Liverpool’s goal through a counterattack.
Matondo stabbed from the left before releasing the bait in front of the Liverpool goal.
However, Tsimikas swiftly blocked the ball in front of goal.
From the resulting corner, Rangers got another chance.
Tavernier sent the ball into the box and the ball was blocked by Harvey Elliott.
The ball fell to Colak who then volleyed, but the ball was blocked by Alisson.
The match ended with the score 2-0 for the Reds victory.
Thanks to that victory, Liverpool now collect six points in second place standings.
While Rangers slumped to the bottom of the standings with no points, UEFA’s official website reports.
In other matches, Napoli are firmly at the top of the standings after winning against Ajax.
