Rangers vs Tottenham LIVE: Europa League rating and updates as Igamane offers Gers lead at Ibrox
Rangers play host to Premier League opposition this evening when they take on Tottenham in the Europa League former Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou returning to Ibrox.
Following a 4-1 win at Nice in their last European outing, Rangers are in a strong position. They sit eighth in the table with 10 points and can move within three points of current leaders Athletic Club if they defeat Spurs tonight.
Tottenham have only won one game from their last seven and back-to-back Premier League defeats has increased the pressure on Postecoglou have has faced calls from fans to be sacked. A trip to Glasgow may be the catalyst to reignite his team’s form however as the manager has a solid record against Rangers winning six of his 11 Old Firm derbies when in charge of Celtic.
Spurs are one place below Rangers in the Europa League following a 2-2 draw at home to Roma last time out but will want to leapfrog their rivals tonight.
Follow all the Europa League action with our live blog below:
Rangers 1-0 Tottenham, 63 mins
Rangers have got themselves in a position to win this match, can they now see it out?
Bergvall’s first touch is to half-volley a bouncing ball over the bar from just outside the area before Spurs win a free-kick right on the edge of the box as Raskin’s heavy touch allows Maddison to nip in and he’s clattered by the Rangers man.
Rangers 1-0 Tottenham, 60 mins
Near disaster from Jefte as he heads the ball abck to his keeper, who is rushing out and it almost squirts past Butland on the edge of the are, although the stopper is just able to get down and block it. They have a little laugh about it but that was almost a nightmare.
Triple change for Spurs, who had to do something. Lucas Bergvall, Dominic Solanke and Pape Sarr all come on as Bissouma, Bentancur and Johnson depart.
CLOSE! Rangers 1-0 Tottenham, 58 mins
Johnson blocks Cerny’s cross with Udogie having flown out of position and it’s another Rangers corner. Neat short corner routine frees Bajrami and his ball into the six-yard box only just evades Rangers legs as Forster smothers it.
Spurs can’t exit though, Cerny immediately pinches the ball from Johnson and drives forward before Diomande beautifully volleys a dropping ball and it’s deflected narrowly wide. Gray heads the corner behind for another corner and this time Tottenham can clear. They’re really under the pump though.
Rangers 1-0 Tottenham, 56 mins
Spurs lose the ball in midfield and Raskin finds Igamane who fires a pass to Cerny. It’s back to Igamane who shots from outside the box but Porro blocks it with his body. Gers are in full flow now though.
CHANCE! Rangers 1-0 Tottenham, 54 mins
Brennan Johnson should do better here. Bentancur strudes forward, slips the ball to Kulusevski down the right and his pullback sits up for the onrushing Johnson but he curls his shot comfortably wide as Kulusevski drops his head in disappointment and Johnson grimaces. That should have been on target from the Welshman.
Rangers 1-0 Tottenham, 53 mins
The impressive Cerny causing problems again as Ridvan feeds him the ball on the right, he drops a shoulder cuts inside a man and darts into the box before eventually being crowded out by frantic Spurs defenders.
Ibrox is rocking and Rangers are full of confidence now.
Rangers 1-0 Tottenham, 50 mins
This is a real test for Spurs now. What have they got a they try to hit back?
GOAL! Rangers 1-0 Tottenham (Hamza Igamane, 47 mins)
WHAT A START TO THE SECOND HALF FOR RANGERS! It’s a lovely finish from Hamza Igamane as he slots the ball past Forster into the corner first time with his left foot.
Porro gets caught out as Tavernier’s pinpoint cross from the right, over a defender, bounces once and Igamane does the rest having shaken free of Porro.
KICK-OFF! Rangers 0-0 Tottenham
We’re underway in the second half at Ibrox – can either side find a winner?
There’s also a half-time Tottenham change with Dejan Kulusevski coming on for the underwhelming Timo Werner.
HALF-TIME! Rangers 0-0 Tottenham
An entertaining first half, where Rangers have had the better of it and came close on a couple of occasions but are yet to breach a seemingly leaky Spurs backline. Nine shots, three on target for Gers.
Spurs have shown flashes going forward but the Scots have been on top.