Ben Davies in defiant Rangers verdict as defender takes 'a bit of pride' from Liverpool disappointment

Annihilated in Amsterdam, nobbled by Napoli and now clamped in front of the Kop.

It’s been a bruising return to the Champions League for Rangers and the worrying news for the Ibrox faithful is that they’re only at the Group A midway point. Pointless and without a goal to their name, the growing concern is that this campaign could end up with the Light Blues sporting faces redder than the blur of scarlet kits that swarmed past them time and time again at Anfield.

Gio van Bronckhorst ’s team can at least look to the home comforts presented by the fact two of their final three games in the section are at Ibrox. First up is Liverpool next Wednesday, with Ajax then in Glasgow at the start of November a week after Gers head to Naples for a showdown with Luciano Spalletti’s sizzling Serie A leaders, a game in truth the fans can see far enough off. But while the punters are preparing to watch the final three games from behind the sofa, Ben Davies is refusing to take elimination sitting down.

Even a point next week would give Rangers hope of teeing up a winner-takes-all clash for third with Ajax in the final game, provided the Dutch cracks don’t pick up anything else between now and the section curtain closer. “We are at the halfway point of the group now and our performances have improved each week,” said Davies.

“We have got two big home games out of three now and when we have got the crowd behind us we have always got a chance. I would say it is definitely not over and we know that next week is a big week.”

Davies spent 18 months as a Liverpool player yet Tuesday night was his first experience of action at Anfield having failed to break in to Jurgen Klopp’s line-up before making his summer switch to Ibrox. “It was a bit