Rangers bravely held on for a controversial goalless draw in opposition to Athletic Bilbao within the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final regardless of enjoying for 77 minutes with 10 males.
The Basque aspect should have fancied their possibilities of claiming a bonus to take again to San Mames when Rangers defender Robin Propper was despatched off, through the intervention of VAR, for a poor problem on Inaki Williams simply 13 minutes in.
But Rangers held their very own for essentially the most half though they needed to trip their luck at instances with goalkeeper Liam Kelly, most popular as an alternative of Jack Butland, justifying his inclusion with a string of positive saves.
The vigorous Maroan Sannadi thought he had received a penalty after a dangerous problem from Leon Balogun however his claims had been waved away.
And Sannadi then flashed a close-range shot broad after 58 minutes after latching on to a right-wing cross.
Athletic lastly thought that they had the opener when Alex Berenguer slotted residence after a positive save from Kelly, just for VAR to intervene attributable to a possible handball from Rangers defender Dujon Sterling.
The aim was subsequently dominated out and Athletic awarded a penalty which Berenguer missed, his spot-kick down the center hitting Kelly on the legs and rebounding over the bar.
PENALTY SAVED BY KELLY 🧤
After a prolonged VAR examine, the place Bilbao thought they’d scored, solely to be dominated out for offside, however given a penalty as an alternative for handball – Berenguer has his penalty brilliantly saved out by Kelly!
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Twelve minutes of stoppage time – attributable to a nasty wanting harm to Bailey Rice – noticed Rangers end the sport with 9 males after Sterling was unable to proceed after Barry Ferguson had used all of his substitutes.
Oh-no Onana
Andre Onana endured an evening to neglect as Manchester United squandered a late benefit to attract 2-2 in Lyon.
The Cameroonian, who was concerned in a confrontation with Nemanja Matic earlier than the sport, was at fault for each of Lyon’s objectives.
The primary noticed him flap at Thiago Almada’s free-kick with the ball drifting inside his far submit.
United hit again with objectives from Leny Yoro and substitute Joshua Zirkzee and seemed to have achieved sufficient when, within the fifth minute of harm time, Onana spilled Almada’s shot into the trail of Rayan Cherki, who dinked residence the leveller.
LYON WITH A LATE GOAL! 💥
Andre Onana’s save is spilled right into a harmful space and Rayan Cherki makes no mistake ⚽
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Porro aim not sufficient as Spurs are held
Tottenham dominated Eintracht Frankfurt however couldn’t earn a first-leg benefit due to a mixture of unhealthy luck, poor ending and spectacular goalkeeping from Kaua Santos.
Hugo Ekitike’s early aim put the Bundesliga aspect forward however Spurs hit again by way of Pedro Porro’s intelligent backheeled effort.
Lucas Bergvall and Rodrigo Bentancur hit the woodwork within the second half whereas Santos pulled off various spectacular saves, together with acrobatically diverting Micky van de Ven’s header over the bar deep into stoppage time.
Oh my phrase Kauã Santos 😯
The Frankfurt keeper DENIES van de Ven a Spurs winner proper on the dying!
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Saltnes sees off Lazio
The early kick-off noticed Lazio undergo a shock 2-0 defeat by Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt.
Ulrik Saltnes netted twice within the second half because the Italian aspect struggled to get something going within the freezing circumstances.
