Kris Commons reckons Rangers have the instruments to upset Liverpool - however warned they will want flawless performances throughout the board to drag it off.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's aspect face an enormous Champions League on Tuesday as they head for Anfield and a tantalising 'Battle of Britain' showdown with final season's finalists. Jurgen Klopp's crew haven't had their troubles to hunt for this time period - sitting tenth within the Premier League and nonetheless smarting from a 4-1 drubbing from Napoli of their group stage opener.
The Reds can ill-afford one other dangerous consequence when Rangers come to Merseyside however Commons senses a possibility for the Ibrox males to ship one thing particular. However the former Celtic star reckons that whereas Liverpool aren't the relentless juggernaut of the previous few seasons, each Rangers participant might want to produce a ten out of 10 show in the event that they're to return to Glasgow with a consequence.
He wrote in his Every day Mail column: "Rangers will must be ten out of ten in each place throughout the pitch to face any probability of getting a consequence towards the six-time European champions. They are going to definitely want Antonio Colak to take care of his good kind up entrance as a result of, if any probabilities do come alongside, they must be sharp and ensure they take them.
"Colak scored one other two targets within the 4-0 victory over Hearts at Tynecastle on Saturday and he deserves to maintain his place within the crew forward of Alfredo Morelos. If Rangers can go to Anfield and get a consequence, it might be proper up there with the win in Dortmund in final season's Europa League. Some folks will write them off.
"Lots of people most likely mentioned the identical about Celtic once they confronted Pep Guardiola's Manchester Metropolis in 2016 u0097 and so they drew each video games. Liverpool's defence has been firmly within the highlight over the opening couple of months of the brand new season and that is one thing which ought to give Rangers confidence.
"Van Bronckhorst's aspect will want an enormous enchancment from their final away recreation within the Champions League once they had been battered 4-0 by Ajax in Amsterdam. They gave a significantly better account of themselves towards Napoli at Ibrox and had been taking part in fairly properly till the purple card to James Sands modified the sport.
"The Rangers followers would love a consequence. It is a Battle of Britain and a fixture that everybody was wanting ahead to as quickly because the draw was made.
"Making a quick begin is important. Brighton confirmed on the weekend what you are able to do when you're constructive and look to set about this Liverpool defence. They gives you probabilities, particularly with the extremely excessive line and offside lure that they deploy.
"Rangers ought to look to make use of the tempo of Kent and whoever performs on the opposite wing to use that. If he is on kind, he may give Trent Alexander-Arnold all kinds of issues. In the event that they flip Liverpool over on their very own patch, it might certainly go down as one of the vital well-known nights within the membership's historical past. Making a quick begin is important and so they gives you probabilities."