Allan McGregor: Rangers’ all-time record European appearance holder had a quiet evening aside from either goal. There was a short spell of Malmo pressure in which he made a couple of stops and his handball outside the box looked to prevent a clear chance. Little he could do for either goal. 6

James Tavernier: With most of Rangers’ play coming down the left, he had a quiet first half. After Rangers went behind, he struggled to make inroads down the right but was the victim of a real lack of options. His final ball was not at its usual standard. 5

Connor Goldson: Wasn’t at his best in possession and like his partner Balogun, struggled to contend with the Malmo frontline in a crazy period after half-time. Never hid on the ball and continued to try and drive his team forward. 6

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Leon Balogun: His inclusion came as a slight surprise, because of the praise Gerrard heaped upon Filip Helander after the first leg. But his mobility and aggression really allowed his team to maintain pressure on the visitors. After the break however, he showed his limitations against Colak. For the second goal in particular he was turned far too easily, guilty of getting too tight. 4

Borna Barisic: Looked much sharper than has been the case in recent weeks, but as the match wore on his influence decreased. He used the ball pretty poorly in the final 30 minutes and also had a number of poor touches. 5

Scott Arfield: Playing in a more familiar berth to the right of Steven Davis, in the first half he was a pressing machine. But after Malmo went down to 10 men he like the rest of his team struggled to find a way through the opposition. 6

Steven Davis: His fourth game in 10 days, Davis was once again superb. Gerrard said after the first-leg that he was running out of compliments to pay the Northern Irishman and up until Rangers conceded he was having another superb game. Couldn’t find inroads when Rangers went behind. 7

Joe Aribo: Supported build-up play well in the first half was able to burst into box unmarked from left half-space often. In general he gave a far better balance to his team than was the case in the first leg. 6

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Scott Wright: Had an opportunity to release Kent in behind the defence he should have capitalised on. He made some promising darts in behind that weren’t found. 6

Alfredo Morelos: He was also destined to start, he is Rangers’ record European goal scorer after all. He set the tone by chasing a lost cause to create an early chance and won a free-kick cleverly that led to the spell of pressure before his goal. He was having a superb evening, but hardly impacted the game after it went 2-1. 8

Ryan Kent: A quite sublime assist for the goal, cutting back onto his right foot to bookend the defence with a curling ball. His instruction in this system is to play close to the centre-forward, but in hindsight, perhaps he should have tried to isolate himself one-on-one more with Ahmedhodzic when Malmo played a relatively high line in the first half. 6

Substitutes

Fashion Sakala: Came on early in the second period. He was working in limited space and as such couldn’t really get into the game playing with his back to goal. Almost scored a superb late goal when cutting in on his left. 5

Ianis Hagi: Returned to the fold for the first time since he was injured on the opening day. Had a couple of snap shots but didn’t manage a Braga 2.0. 5