Gio van Bronckhorst teases Rangers all out attack for Liverpool as he addresses 'high risk' Champions League strategy

Fortune favours the brave, they say, and Giovanni van Bronckhorst is hoping a bold approach against Liverpool might just offer Rangers a change in their Champions League luck.

The Ibrox side have reached the halfway stage in their Group A campaign without a goal or a point to their name. Carry that miserable form on when Jurgen Klopp’s Reds pull up in Glasgow on Wednesday and van Bronckhorst’s team can all but forget about looking out their passports in the new year. Say Ajax were to lose both of their games before heading to Ibrox in the section finale.

Another defeat to Liverpool would leave Rangers having to stop sizzling Serie A leaders Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona this month or needing a substantial win over Ajax that wipes out the four-goal mauling dished out in Amsterdam. Neither of those scenarios look likely but if this side can somehow snatch a point or three on Wednesday, it may just offer them something to swing at as they bid to grab a Europa League lifeline.

It’s a tall order but gaffer van Bronckhorst is willing to give it a go. He said: “It is a big test against a good team and they showed that in midweek. We have to have a different approach in this game, especially if we want to continue our run in Europe.

“We have to get points in the three games we have left, so we will have to have a different approach and we have to be positive. We are at home and we have been strong here. We showed that against Napoli.

“It took three penalties and a red card before we conceded the goals. We will prepare well to face a strong opponent but we need to get something from the game. Can we afford to be more high risk? You have to be brave.

“In the second half at Anfield we had moments where we were