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Rangers sent warning as Malmo star insists Swedes 'dare to go first' ahead of Europa League opener

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Malmo might be running away with the Allsvenskan title, but one of their key men knows that continental football is a totally different kettle of fish ahead of their Europa League opener with Rangers on Thursday.

The Swedish side warmed up for the tie with a handsome 4-0 win against BK Hacken on Sunday, extending their lead at the top of the league to 11 points over nearest challengers to their crown Djurgardens.

However, Malmo have failed to progress from the group stages of either the Champions League or the Europa League in recent seasons and skipper Anders Christiansen - who netted twice in the Djurgardens victory - is acutely aware that they will have to raise their game in the revamped league phase, starting with Philippe Clement's side at the Eleda Stadion this week.

Speaking to fotbollskanalen, he said: "Now I have found an incredible number of situations through (former teammate) 'Mackan' (Markus Rosenberg), who was the driving force when I played with him.

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