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It's going right down to the wire after Alfredo Morelos may have even justified Steven Gerrard’s pre-match prediction the striker is worth at least £50million.

In a bare-knuckle brawl of a football match it was the little street fighter from Cerete who rescued Rangers again when all seemed lost.

Never mind January and beyond, on this form the Ibrox club could do with keeping the Colombian until the 12th of Never as he struck a double that could prove priceless to their European ambitions.

Porto’s 2-1 win in Switzerland means even a draw against Young Boys in Govan in a fortnight will be enough to reach the last 32.

With Morelos in their line-up that is more than likely as he netted a magnificent second-half brace of headers to take his tally for the season to 13 in Europe and 24 overall.

That old Dutch detective Van der Valk may have worked his patch an hour up the road in Amsterdam but even he would have been at a loss to explain how Rangers staged such a smash and grab to take a point from this one.

They were so far out of touch in the first half that the only surprise was they conceded just once as Allan McGregor kept them in a tie in which they were second best by a distance.

Incredibly, after Morelos struck in a stirring second half, they left De Kuip frustrated at not seeing it out – on account of Luis Sinisterra’s equaliser – even though they moved top of Group G on eight points.

That wasn’t the only source of angst as, depressingly, the FTP brigade were out in force again – despite warnings on the eve of the match from Steven Gerrard – as they belted out sectarian bile to the tune of “Sweet Caroline”.

They are playing fast and loose with their club’s European dreams and it would be a disgrace if the players did their part on the pitch only to be forced to perform in an empty stadium when they need their support the most.

As fireworks were set off outside the Rotterdam ground in a pre-arranged display, Rangers fans also lit at least a dozen red flares in the away end in a move that could see the club carpeted by UEFA.

It was raucous, raw meat stuff in a match that sparked and fizzed as Gerrard’s side took another point on the road that for long spells in the first half few could see coming.

All because the Light Blues failed to take a grip of the midfield to give them-selves a platform on which to play.

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Dick Advocaat flooded that area with five players who established such a stranglehold the away side toiled to cope with their energy and tempo.

Steven Davis, Glen Kamara and Ryan Jack were struggling to build a foundation on which Rangers could prosper as they were forced further on to the defensive and their play became ragged. Increasingly, Morelos became an isolated figure in attack and while Kent did his best to conjure and weave on rare forays into the final third, Sheyi Ojo was a passenger in the first half they could scarcely afford to carry.

Rangers were far too passive, their distribution was woeful and lack of concentration alarming as Feyenoord picked pockets of space in and around the area.

As always, it was left to McGregor to keep his side in it and he produced a stunning stop off a Orkun Kokcu corner to bat away a header from Eric Botteghin before Leroy Fer nodded the follow-up on to the bar.

Kent was wasteful in possession moments later as Sinisterra played in Kokcu and McGregor again came to the rescue, pushing the 18-year-old’s effort around the post.

It came as no surprise when the Dutch opened the scoring in the 33rd minute as Kokcu’s cross from the right was unconvincingly dealt with by Connor Goldson and Borna Barisic.

Kamara dithered and allowed Jens Toornstra time to find space to fire a low shot past McGregor with the aid of a deflection off Filip Helander’s knee.

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Quite frankly, Rangers were all over the shop. McGregor was called upon again before half-time to block a Steven Berghuis shot with his legs after the Dutchman was played in far too easily on the right wing.

And yet, in one of the most remarkable transformations in Rangers’ recent European history, they turned the game completely on its head in twelve-and-a-half stunning second-half minutes.

Suddenly, they were at their aggressive best, hunting in packs and playing with an industry and desire so lacking in the first period. Davis raked a pass out to Kent on the left in the 52nd minute, he stepped inside and whipped a sensational cross to the back post as Morelos bulleted a header across Nick Marsman and in.

Even better was to come in the 65th when Kamara laced a pass to Barisic and his pinpoint delivery was again met by Morelos, who strained to guide a brilliant header over Marsman and into the far corner of the net.

Morelos had already tested the goalie with a shot the 29-year-old bundled around the post, while Rangers twice had decent penalty appeals brushed aside by Slovenian ref Damir Skomina.

Ultimately, though, they had to settle for the point as Feyenoord rallied in 69 minutes.

Sinisterra burst forward on the counter and although he had the pace on Goldson, Helander slipped when coming across to cover as the striker cutely clipped a shot over McGregor.

In truth, the point was a fair result.

But Rangers will give thanks again to Morelos as he became the first player in the club’s history to net in four successive European ties.