Key occasions
6 minutes: Spurs play the ball out from their space – Bentancur strikes up the sphere on the suitable however will get muscled off the ball. Rangers displaying a little bit of physicality.
3 minutes: Two harmful strikes by Rangers moderately properly mopped up by Spurs. It’s a reasonably lively begin from each side.
1 min: Spurs begin properly and Werner whizzes down the left and wins a nook. That play involves nothing. However good opening transfer.
Kick off
And we’re off with Spurs. Maintain on to your hats.
Ibrox is rocking tonight. Despite the fact that it’s close to to freezing.
The TV (which is dubbing this fixture The Battle of Britain) is displaying the younger mascots warming up within the tunnel – vigorously. Socks are pulled up previous the knees.
The groups are out
Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Souttar, Propper, Yilmaz, Raskin, Bajrami, Cerny, Diomande, Jefte, Igamane.
Subs: Kelly, Cortes, Barron, Dessers, Dowell, Sterling, Balogun, King, McCausland, Fraser, Rice, Curtis.
Tottenham Hotspur: Forster, Porro, Grey, Dragusin, Udogie, Bentancur, Bissouma, Johnson, Maddison, Werner, Son.
Subs: Austin, Whiteman, Bergvall, Solanke, Kulusevski, Sarr, Lankshear, Dorrington, Olusesi, Williams-Barnet, Hardy.
Referee: Sandro Scharer (Switzerland)
And in case you don’t know what time it’s the place you’re watching/studying/listening, here’s a reminder
Ange interview: ‘Powerful sport, massive sport’
Spurs TV is asking the questions : “How’s it really feel to be again?” (in Glasgow). Truthful sufficient query I assume since Ange was Celtic supervisor for a few years.
He solutions: “Good to be again – simply as chilly as I keep in mind it.”
And quizzed about his potential reception by Rangers followers:
“You just about know if you end up up right here that – town is split. And also you type of know that in case you are on one aspect that the opposite usually are not going to be too heat and pleasant with you. However that’s OK, that’s a part of sport.”
On accidents and maybe the overall malaise at Spurs after some very up and down outcomes.
“We’re in a little bit of a troublesome spot. However nice alternative for us to beat the chances and hopefully create one thing particular.
“Truthful to say that is in all probability the worst I’ve ever skilled. What have to do is to remain calm and have a perception within the ideas of what you’re constructing.”
Don’t usually see an image of Ange smiling so right here’s one
And one other
Night everybody – or morning in case you are on Australia timezone or afternoon within the Americas and many others …
Welcome to our second reside match of the day – an actual potential cracker this one with tons at stake (for Tottenham and Ange Postecoglou).
It’s eighth positioned Rangers towards ninth positioned Spurs.
However greater than that its an opportunity for Ange to get his season again on monitor after a a topsy turvy few months of glory (4-0 win at Man metropolis) and dismality (is that the a phrase that describes their varied coming-from-in entrance defeats?)
