MAN BY MAN: PORTO 1 RANGERS 1
Compiled By Hugh Keevins.
Randers Ronald Waterreus 6 Well beaten for Porto's goal but otherwise did nothing to cause concern that his recent mistakes might be repeated.
Fernando Ricksen 5 On the receiving end of a torrid time from Quaresma and then beaten to the ball for Porto's goal
Marvin Andrews 5 Started badly by demonstrating poor awareness that almost proved to be costly but steadily improved and showed character.
Sotirios Kyrgiakos 6 Dependable job of doing the simple thing efficiently when it came to clearing his defensive lines, particularly in the air
Ian Murray 5 Stood his ground as Porto worked the ball out to the flanks and made some telling interventions. Booked for foul on Quaresma
Hamed Namouchi 5 Part of a midfield whose job was to suffocate the game and forget about creating anything. Dirty work.
Barry Ferguson 6 The captain knew what he had to do and stuck manfully to the job of containment without commitment to attack until Porto scored
Alex Rae 5 Will hardly remember his debut Champions League tie with any degree of affection as he adopted a spoiling role and was then subbed
Brahim Hemdani 5 A quiet game from a player whose strong points don't include the negative approach he was obliged to adopt through necessity. Booked for hand-ball.
Peter Lovenkrands 5 Ran around without ever threatening to get anywhere, but it was hardly a night when the tactics favoured what he does best
Francis Jeffers 4 The so-called Fox in the box was more often seen running around the centre circle trying to be the out ball to his colleagues whenever they wanted to relieve pressure
Subs: Steven Thompson 5 Replaced Rae after an hour to fight for scraps
Chris Burke 6 Brought on in an attempt to save the game and played his part by combining with fellow sub McCormack to bring Rangers level.
Ross McCormack 6 On for Jeffers and made the crucial breakthrough by bagging the equaliser with seven minutes left.
Subs not used: Klos, Malcolm.
Pierre-Fanfan, Hutton. Porto: Vitor Baia, Cesar Peixoto, Pepe, Pedro Emanuel (Hugo Almeida 45), Bosingwa, Diego (Bruno Alves 64), Paulo Assuncao, Gonzalez, Quaresma, Lopez, Jorginho. Subs not used: Helton, Ricardo Costa, Ibson, McCarthy, Ivanildo
Referee: H Fandel (Germany).
