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Having seen off PSV Eindhoven to qualify for the group stages of Big Cup this time last year, Rangers had every right to feel bullish about their chances of repeating the feat on Wednesday night. While their tie against the Eredivisie side was finely poised after a 2-2 draw at Ibrox, any notions Mick Beale’s team might have had about getting a result at the Philips Stadion were quickly disabused when their Dutch hosts set about taking them apart with the meticulous efficiency of horologist Steve Fletcher getting stuck into an antique clock on The Repair Shop. If anything, the 5-1 scoreline seriously flattered Rangers, who were long out of the tie when Connor Goldson summed up their performance with a comedy, no-look own goal past Jack Butland.
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