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Rangers held Athletic Bilbao to a nail-biting goalless draw at home in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday, despite being reduced to 10 men early on.
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Barry Ferguson's decision to drop Jack Butland for what, to date, was Rangers' biggest game of the season was a huge statement.
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Ten-man Rangers produce a heroic performance to retain a fighting chance of Europa League progression, with Liam Kelly's late penalty save decisive in earning an unlikely draw with Athletic Bilbao.
But the Bilbao rage at the ref doesn't stop there. They also reckon the whistler blundered when he booked their striker Maroan Sannadi for simulation in the second half after he went down in the box under a challenge from Balogun in the box.
Rangers battled through to hold Athletic to a draw despite going down to 10 men in the opening quarter of an hour
Rangers interim manager Barry Ferguson: "I thought we defended really well and coped with their threat. "It has been a problem conceding goals, that's one of the areas we've tried to work really hard at. What I saw tonight was a team that took the instructions on.
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It's right that there are question marks hanging over Jack Butland, but the Europa League quarter-final against Athletic Bilbao is too big a game to bench the Rangers goalkeeper. The level a Rangers goalie needs to be at is really high. You need to be able to pull off a world-class save after 60 minutes of doing nothing.
Liam Kelly was the penalty save hero as 10-man Rangers fought furiously to hold Athletic Bilbao to a goalless draw in an absorbing Europa League quarter-final tie at Ibrox.