Philippe Clement fails to grasp Rangers reality but Brendan Rodgers will be out the door BEFORE him – Hotline

And just like that another Champions League bid for Rangers is up and running.

It looked like Philippe Clement's men would have to complete a turnaround job at their temporary Hampden home next midweek. But Cyriel Dessers stepped up when he was needed most to finish off an excellent move to land a 94th-minute leveller and send the travelling fans wild and home with renewed optimism in a bid to join Europe's elite at the top table this season. The winner of this tie will face one of Salzburg or FC Twente in a £40million two-legged shootout and one Hotline caller was quick to praise the efforts of the Ibrox men, as well as St Mirren in the coefficient ranks.

Gary Stevenson, Newtonhill, said: "I hope that all supporters of Scottish football will applaud Rangers after gaining much needed momentum towards the coefficient last night. Great work from St Mirren last week should not go unnoticed. Perhaps it's time to cut Cyriel Dessers some slack as he was superb against Kiev and Philippe Clement who got the tactics bang on."

Scott Gowers, Edinburgh, emailed: "With the debate over the valuation of Matt O'Riley being overpriced or not, one players' valuation which must be soaring is Cyriel Dessers. Yes, Dessers doesn't always score but his movement and the way he so often beats two players marking him and still gets a shot away is incredible, and he can do it in Europe as proven. Last season he missed sitters with many off target this season keepers have been making the saves with the odd one off target."

That confidence wasn't shared pre-match with the starting XI giving one punter cause for concern. Jamie Thompson, Yoker, said: "When I read the team sheet, I honestly thought we were beaten. Ridvan Yilmaz in defence, Scott