Anonymous: Steven Thompson slams 'quiet' Rangers dud with fewer touches than McGregor vs Leipzig

Former Glasgow Rangers striker Steven Thompson has been left slamming the display of Scott Wright in their UEFA Europa League clash on Thursday night.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s team have it all to do at Ibrox, after former Manchester City left-back Angelino scored with just a few minutes to go to give RB Leipzig the 1-0 win in the first leg.

It will be interesting to see whether the Dutch manager changes any tactics or personnel for the second leg of the tie, as they will no doubt need to for it to turn the scoreline around.

Speaking on BBC Sportsound (via BBC Sport, 21:26pm), Thompson slammed Wright’s performance after he was taken off for Fashion Sakala just shy of the 70-minute mark, claiming that he was ‘quiet’ and failed to make a real impact on the game:

“Scott Wright has been quiet. In this second half he’s moved out to a more familiar right wing position but hasn’t made much of an impact.”

The fact that Wright was taken off for Sakala with the score at 0-0 is testament to how much he seemed to struggle in the match.

The Scotsman actually ended up recording fewer touches than goalkeeper Allan McGregor, the only Gers starter to do so, while he also had no shots on target and made no key passes, crosses or long balls, losing possession a total of 15 times (SofaScore).

Scottish football journalist Bill Young suggested that the occasion of a semi-final overwhelmed him, and that definitely seemed to be the case.

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