Earlier than the thrill at Ibrox this night, Rangers' U19s have been in motion as they confronted off towards Liverpool within the UEFA Youth League. The Gentle Blues have been trying to choose up their second victory within the group after a house win over Napoli in Glasgow final month.
The younger Gers hosted the Reds at Firhill this afternoon however have been unable to maintain them at bay, with the conflict ending 4-3. It was an ideal begin for Liverpool who went forward by way of Oakley Cannonier after simply eight minutes of play. However David McCallum's younger Rangers facet fought again to even issues up simply two minutes later. It was Charlie Lindsay who stepped as much as rating from the spot after the house facet have been awarded an early penalty.
Liverpool hit again rapidly although, with Melkamu Frauendorf taking the lead again for his facet within the 18th minute. Rangers seemed for an equaliser for the second time as the primary 45 continued as a Robbie Ure header drifted narrowly large. Nevertheless it was Liverpool who scored once more, with Cannonier discovering the online for the second time.
After getting into 3-1 down on the break, Rangers had all of it to do within the second half. However they might proceed their combat again towards 10 males after Liverpool's Lee Jonas was despatched for an early again only one minute into the second half following a foul on Robbie Ure.
And combat again is what they did, with Arron Lyall slotting dwelling from shut vary after some nice link-up play with Zak Lovelace to scale back the deficit to at least one with slightly below half-an-hour left on the clock.
And simply 10 minutes later, Robbie Ure levelled issues up as soon as extra, along with his first aim of the sport making it 3-3 at Firhill.
Nevertheless it was former Celtic starlet Ben Doak who broke the hearts of the younger Rangers facet within the closing 10 minutes of the conflict. The 16-year-old winger made it 4-3 to the Merseyside membership, who prevented a second victory within the group for the younger Govan males regardless of their greatest efforts within the closing levels at Firhill.
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