Rangers suffered late heartache in the Europa League when Bruno Fernandes scored in stoppage time to give Manchester United a 2-1 win at Old Trafford.
Substitute Cyriel Dessers looked to have rescued a vital point and a guaranteed place in the play-offs with a late strike, only for Fernandes to net in the second minute of stoppage time with a cool volley. United had earlier taken the lead at the start of the second half when Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland punched a Christian Eriksen corner into his own net.
It was an explosive end to a match that had bubbled away beforehand. Man Utd had a goal disallowed in the first half when Matthijs de Ligt’s header was ruled out for an infringement by Leny Yoro, while Rangers had chances through Nicolas Raskin, Ridvan Yilmaz and Hamza Igamane. Despite an entertaining first half, both teams went in level at the break.
Rangers suffered injuries to senior players such as Leon Balogun, Connor Barron and Vaclav Cerny after the interval and then suffered a cruel blow with the winner. However, Rangers are in the play-off round but are now unlikely to land a top-eight spot even if they beat USG next week.
We give all the players a mark out of ten for their performance at Old Trafford.
13. Diego Dalot
Steady presence down the left-flank for the hosts. 6 | Manchester United via Getty Imag
14. Connor Barron
Battled well enough against some strong opponents. However, appeared to open his knee up in a 50/50 challenge towards end of first half and was taken off for Bailey Rice. 5 | Getty Images
15. Nicolas Raskin
Control let him down when put through on goal early. Battled away in the midfield right until the end. 6 | Getty Images
16. Bruno Fernandes
Some fleeting moments of technical gift but was unable to properly influence the match until stoppage time, volleying in the winner. Ice cold. 7 | Getty Images