RB Leipzig 1-0 Rangers: Europa League semi-final first leg
Of all the guys the home team would have wanted that chance to fall to, Nkunku was their man. Thirty goals in 46 games. A lethal force in Leipzig's season.
At last, the moment had come when Rangers' incredible powers of concentration at the back had come undone, and now they were going to pay.
Nkunku skied it. Psychology looked important at the time. Nkunku had been a frustrated figure all night, a player who found little space for all the suffocating. pressure the Rangers defenders were inflicting on him.
In moments like that you might have been inclined to think something special was happening here. When one of the most consistent goalscorers in German and European football misses from point-blank range you'd be forgiven for concluding that the footballing Gods are trying to send a message.
Just as Gods giveth, the Gods taketh away. With five minutes left it felt like Rangers were getting out of town with a goalless draw that would have been greeted as rapturously by their fans as the set of 0-0s against Fiorentina in 2008, the last time the club made it this far in a European competition.
The winner was completely deserved but it was a sickener for Rangers. They came to Leipzig on a stifling mission and they almost pulled it off.!!!
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