5 talking points as Rangers go down to late Leipzig sickener as mammoth Ibrox return set up in Europa League final quest

It was going to take something special to beat a Rangers defence that defended so strongly in the RB Arena.

And in the end that's exactly what happened as Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men went down to a stunning strike.

Having held out for 85 minutes it was a spectacular volley from Angelino which earned the Bundesliga side a narrow Europa League semi final first leg lead.

It was a sickener for the Ibrox side who looked set for a vital goalless draw but it's still all to play for in Glasgow in the return as they look to overturn the same deficit from their quarter final against Braga.

Van Bronckhorst’s big call was in attack and Fashion Sakala missed out on the XI despite being the only fit recognised striker.

The Dutchman put his faith in Scott Wright for a starting slot after his lively display against Motherwell at the weekend.

Many predicted Rangers would go without a proper frontman and instead play with a ‘false nine’ but it was the opposite as they went with Wright and Ryan Kent up top.

And John Lundstram dropped back into a five-man rearguard with the Germans on the front foot right from the off.

Rangers looked nervy with Borna Barisic fortunate to get away with misjudging a clearance that led to a chance for Christopher Nkunku but the Frenchman fluffed his effort.

The home side dominated possession but without causing the Light Blues defence any serious problems.

Rangers’ trouble was that they struggled to offer any kind of attacking threat themselves with Wright and Kent suffering from a lack of quality service.

However, the big positive is that they went in goalless at the break knowing they could only offer more in the second 45 minutes.

And within a couple of minutes of the restart they showed that