PSV

PSV showed off their firepower as they warmed up for Tuesday's Ibrox visit with a five-star show.Ruud van Nistelrooy's men were ruthless ahe.

The pair played key roles in the victory over Union Saint-Gilloise last Tuesday and Van Bronckhorst will look to them to provide some consistency again this time around. "We will prepare as normal - we have two days rest between now and Tuesday so we need to make sure that the players are fresh on Tuesday evening to make sure that we have a good result to take with us to Eindhoven in two weeks time." Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst was able to provide fans with a major boost heading into the first leg as he confirmed that he hopes to have both Ryan Kent and James Sands back in contention to start despite the pair missing out.

THERE'S no question who Ronald de Boer is supporting in the crucial Champions League play-off clash between Rangers and PSV - but the Ibrox hero…

So they can grind victories also even if they don't play very well. Former Rangers star de Boer is hopeful Rangers will progress to the Champions League group stage with a triumph over the Eredivisie club but reckons the clash is a coin-flip. THERE'S no question who Ronald de Boer is supporting in the crucial Champions League play-off clash between Rangers and PSV - but the Ibrox hero can't pick a favourite.

Ruud van Nistelrooy made four changes to his team and it saw another former Rangers target in Joey Veerman moved to the bench ahead of Tuesday. But Xavi Simons ...

Simons put PSV back in front in the 48th minute of the first half before Armando Obispo then scored on the 55th minute before the half time whistle went. They were down to 10 on 32 minutes though when Mats Deijl put in a horror tackle on Richard Ledezma that saw him stretchered off and 10 minutes added on at the end of the first half. The fact Go Ahead scored twice will be a boost to Rangers’ hopes with the home side having a player sent off in the first half of the defeat having finished 13th in the Eredivisie last season.

Imagine the scenario in which Rangers had been given the weekend off in preparation for their Champions League play-off instead of slamming St Johnstone 4-0 ...

Scott Arfield did so by lashing in a Matondo cut-back before he was then the set-up man, firing across goal for Tom Lawrence to smartly turn into the net. It was a counter for which the classy schemer, on loan from Bayern Munich, was given the freedom of the St Johnstone box to cushion in a header. At such an early stage in the campaign, the Ibrox club would have been sure to drop in a cheeky wee behind-closed-doors encounter before welcoming to Govan for Tuesday’s first leg a PSV Eindhoven who were given the weekend to rest up.

RANGERS manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst is confident that the Ibrox side are well prepared for Tuesday night's crucial UEFA Champions League…

No. Maybe only why you have to force things and that is what I like from this squad the competition we have in all areas.” “Antonio gives us the goals upfront,” he said. It will also be good to see Fred Rutten. He was my head coach for one year at Feyenoord before I took over.