Graeme Souness digs out Rangers for not 'setting about' Liverpool as he voices inferiority complex fear

Unimpressed Graeme Souness believes Rangers missed the chance to "set about" Liverpool during their 7-1 Champions League drubbing.

The 69-year-old - adored by both clubs due to his trophy-laden spells in Glasgow and Merseyside - was in attendance to see Jurgen Klopp's Premier League toilers rip their Group A rivals to shreds. Mo Salah's six-minute hat-trick from the bench underlined the class difference during a game which was delicately poised at 1-1 during the interval. But Roberto Firmino and the Egyptian King crowned a glory night for the Reds after the break.

The chastening defeat leaves Rangers without a point after four games and they head to Napoli next in a bid to stem the flow against Europe's in-form side. And Souness reckons the drubbing highlighted the lack of belief flowing through his former club after a third heavy defeat in four Champions League matches - amid the continual fight for relevance his former team face.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: "I was back up at Ibrox as a guest of my old club Rangers on Wednesday night. The 7-1 win made it a wonderful occasion for Liverpool but I was disappointed that Rangers looked like a side with an inferiority complex. I accept that the way the Premier League has evolved creates a financial gulf.

"Liverpool's most expensive player was Darwin Nunez, who cost £68million. Rangers' most expensive player was Ryan Kent, who cost £6.5m. 'But Rangers were either going to get rolled over by Liverpool or get in their faces and they never set about them. They never really believed in what they were doing."