No tackles and most tackles: Surprise stats of Rangers' 4-2 win over Borussia Dortmund

Candidates are plentiful for Rangers’ man of the match in Germany for their emphatic 4-2 UEFA Europa League win over Borussia Dortmund.

Alfredo Morelos’ goals, Ryan Kent’s direct dribbling, Ryan Jack and John Lundstram’s midfield control or Calvin Bassey’s coming of age at the heart of the defence. They’re all options, but it’s difficult to rule any of their team-mates out as well from an all-round excellent team performance.

No single area of the pitch outshone any other as Rangers out-fought and out-played their illustrious hosts all across the Westenfalenstadion pitch and recorded a momentous result on a memorable night.

A delve into the player statistics from the match though, casts a slightly different light on the stand-out features of Rangers team.

The partnership of John Lundstram and Ryan Jack was, in some quarters, a surprising selection keeping Glen Kamara out of the starting line-up, but their double-pivot holding role in the 4-2-3-1 worked a treat for Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Lundstram in particular looks revitalised under the Dutchman.

The pair were pivotal in breaking up and breaking down Dortmund’s play in the middle of the park and dominated like destructive bash brothers to build a platform for Rangers to go forward – attacks which they too joined in with as Lundstram proved with the wonderful third.

The Englishman tops the charts for Rangers’ passing on the night with an 88per cent success rate – yet for all his powerful dominance the former Sheffield United man is not credited with a single tackle amongst the player stats of sofascore and whoscored.com. A fierce 50-50 on the edge of the Rangers penalty area in the second half with Jude Bellingham might disagree with that.

Surprisingly, Ryan Kent