Graeme Souness gets Rangers mauling flashbacks as Scotland loss to England draws Champions League thumping parallels

Graeme Souness couldn't help but harp back to Rangers' 7-1 Champions League capitulation against Liverpool when watching Scotland fall 3-1 to England.

Goals from Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane sealed a comfortable win for the Three Lions over Steve Clarke's side in a friendly clash, but mood is still high in the Tartan Army camp with Euro 2024 qualification on the horizon. For the Ibrox legend though, he was dismayed by the display against the Auld Enemy, and spotted something he's NEVER witnessed before in the long history of this fixture.

He believes Clarke's men never looked like they believed they could beat England, and with that came some flashbacks to when Jurgen Klopp's men ran over the top of Rangers at Europe's top table last season in devastating fashion. Souness wrote in his Daily Mail column: "I liken Scotland's performance against England to the one I saw at Ibrox last season when I went to see Rangers play Liverpool and watched them concede seven. The Rangers players were in awe of Liverpool that night and I felt it was a bit of the same on Tuesday. Scotland simply never seemed to believe they could beat what was in front of them.

"They didn't play aggressively and that's the first time I've ever witnessed it in that fixture. There was no physical challenge that made England think they were in for a tough night.

"Yes, England had better players in many positions but there have been many games in the history of football where that's been the case and the underdogs have won out because of their aggressive approach and never-say-die attitude. That was the disappointing part for me. Scotland never managed to engage the crowd in the fight, because they never gave them anything to shout about.

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