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5 talking points as Rangers mauled by ferocious Ajax to pile the misery on Gio van Bronckhorst

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Hapless Rangers were served a brutal dose of Champions League reality as their return to the big time was blown apart by rampant Ajax.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst 's toiling side have now shipped eight goals in their last 180 minutes of football as a weekend pummelling from Celtic was compounded by another disastrous 4-0 defeat in Amsterdam.

Rangers' reputation as European specialists took a serious battering thanks to goals from Edson Alvarez, Steven Berghuis, Mohammed Kudus and Steven Bergwijn.

As it was at Celtic Park on Saturday, Rangers were dead and buried by half-time. An Ajax side containing Calvin Bassey simply had too much for an Ibrox side who look devoid of the spirit and quality which carried them all the way to last season's Europa League final.

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