Rangers vs Borussia Dortmund, 2021-22 UEFA Europa League, Knockout Round Playoffs

· 2nd Leg - Rangers advance 6-4 on aggregate

Rangers

22': James Tavernier (P)
57': James Tavernier

FT
2 - 2
2nd Leg - Rangers advance 6-4 on aggregate

Borussia Dortmund

31': Jude Bellingham
42': Donyell Malen

Rangers upset Borussia Dortmund to reach Europa League Round of 16

Rangers moved into the Europa League last 16 after completing a 6-4 aggregate win over Borussia Dortmund following a 2-2 draw at Ibrox.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Hand ball by Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund).
3': Attempt missed. Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by James Tavernier with a cross following a set piece situation.
4': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by James Tavernier.
4': Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) hits the right post with a right footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Julian Brandt with a cross following a corner.
5': Attempt blocked. Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
5': Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund).
8': Foul by Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund).
8': Ryan Kent (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
10': Foul by Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund).
10': Ryan Kent (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Borna Barisic (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
12': Foul by Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund).
13': Offside, Rangers. Scott Arfield tries a through ball, but Alfredo Morelos is caught offside.
15': Hand ball by John Lundstram (Rangers).
16': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Borna Barisic.
16': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Joe Ayodele-Aribo.
17': Attempt blocked. Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.
17': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Ryan Jack.
18': Attempt missed. Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Reus following a corner.
19': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Borna Barisic.
21': Penalty Rangers. Ryan Kent draws a foul in the penalty area.
21': Penalty conceded by Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) after a foul in the penalty area.
22': Goal! Rangers 1, Borussia Dortmund 0. James Tavernier (Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
25': Attempt saved. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.
26': Attempt missed. Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mats Hummels with a through ball.
28': Connor Goldson (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund).
29': Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
29': Foul by Alfredo Morelos (Rangers).
29': Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
29': Foul by Alfredo Morelos (Rangers).
30': Foul by Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund).
30': Ryan Kent (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Goal! Rangers 1, Borussia Dortmund 1. Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
35': Attempt saved. Scott Arfield (Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Ayodele-Aribo.
35': Attempt blocked. Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
36': Attempt saved. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
36': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Allan McGregor.
36': Attempt blocked. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Brandt with a cross.
38': Foul by Ryan Jack (Rangers).
38': Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
39': Foul by John Lundstram (Rangers).
39': Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': John Lundstram (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Goal! Rangers 1, Borussia Dortmund 2. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
45': Attempt missed. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nico Schulz.
45'+1': Hand ball by Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund).
45'+2': Attempt saved. Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Donyell Malen with a cross.
45'+2': First Half ends, Rangers 1, Borussia Dortmund 2.
45': Second Half begins Rangers 1, Borussia Dortmund 2.
45': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Marius Wolf replaces Thomas Meunier because of an injury.
45': Substitution, Rangers. Leon Balogun replaces Borna Barisic.
49': Attempt saved. Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
49': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Gregor Kobel.
50': Attempt missed. Ryan Jack (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by James Tavernier with a cross following a corner.
51': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Jude Bellingham.
51': Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card.
53': Calvin Bassey (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
53': Foul by Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund).
55': Foul by Nico Schulz (Borussia Dortmund).
55': James Tavernier (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Nico Schulz (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56': Attempt blocked. Ryan Kent (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Jack.
56': Attempt saved. Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
57': Goal! Rangers 2, Borussia Dortmund 2. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
61': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by John Lundstram.
62': Attempt blocked. Joe Ayodele-Aribo (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Kent.
63': Attempt missed. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.
66': Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Foul by Alfredo Morelos (Rangers).
66': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Ryan Kent (Rangers) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
67': Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card.
68': VAR Decision: No Goal Rangers 2-2 Borussia Dortmund.
69': Substitution, Rangers. Glen Kamara replaces Scott Arfield.
69': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Reinier replaces Thorgan Hazard.
69': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Youssoufa Moukoko replaces Julian Brandt.
71': Attempt saved. Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Reus.
71': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Leon Balogun.
72': Attempt missed. Youssoufa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
74': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by John Lundstram.
77': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Steffen Tigges replaces Donyell Malen.
77': Calvin Bassey (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
77': Foul by Reinier (Borussia Dortmund).
79': Foul by Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund).
79': Glen Kamara (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80': Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Marius Wolf.
81': Attempt missed. Youssoufa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Steffen Tigges with a cross.
83': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Calvin Bassey.
84': Calvin Bassey (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Foul by Steffen Tigges (Borussia Dortmund).
86': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Axel Witsel replaces Marco Reus because of an injury.
87': Hand ball by Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund).
88': Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Alfredo Morelos (Rangers).
89': Offside, Borussia Dortmund. Emre Can tries a through ball, but Reinier is caught offside.
90'+1': Attempt saved. Ryan Kent (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Ayodele-Aribo.
90'+3': Foul by Ryan Jack (Rangers).
90'+3': Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Rangers 2, Borussia Dortmund 2.
0': Match ends, Rangers 2, Borussia Dortmund 2.
0': Match ends, Rangers 2, Borussia Dortmund 2.

Statistics

DOR		RAN
15	Fouls	8
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
10	Corner Kicks	3
4	Saves	4
65.9	Possession	34.1
16	SHOTS	11
6	ON GOAL	7
0.4	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
508	Accurate Passes	236
608	Passes	321
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
7	Accurate Crosses	3
26	Crosses	8
0.3	Cross %	0.4
52	Long Balls	53
33	Accurate Long Balls	19
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	2
20	Effective Tackles	9
26	Tackles	14
0.8	Tackle %	0.6
13	Interceptions	19
8	Effective Clearances	32
8	Clearances	32

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Ibrox Stadium
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Attendance: 47,709

Line-Ups

Rangers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Allan McGregor (GK)
3	Calvin Bassey
6	Connor Goldson
31	Borna Barisic
2	James Tavernier
17	Joe Aribo
4	John Lundstram
8	Ryan Jack
20	Alfredo Morelos
14	Ryan Kent
37	Scott Arfield

Rangers Substitutes:

Leon Balogun, Amad, James Sands, Fashion Sakala, Robbie McCrorie, Scott Wright, Jon McLaughlin, Kemar Roofe, Steven Davis, Leon Thomson King, Alexander Lowry, Glen Kamara.

Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Gregor Kobel (GK)
15	Mats Hummels
23	Emre Can
14	Nico Schulz
24	Thomas Meunier
11	Marco Reus
22	Jude Bellingham
8	Mahmoud Dahoud
21	Donyell Malen
10	Thorgan Hazard
19	Julian Brandt

Borussia Dortmund Substitutes:

Youssoufa Moukoko, Steffen Tigges, Raphaël Guerreiro, Luca Unbehaun, Axel Witsel, Marin Pongracic, Marius Wolf, Reiner, Felix Passlack, Marwin Hitz.

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