Rangers manager Philippe Clement has challenged his players to produce “a special night” when they face Tottenham in the Europa League at Ibrox.
An outstanding 4-1 win away to Nice on matchday five lifted Rangers to eighth in the overall standings, level on points and one place ahead of Thursday’s opponents.
Despite the financial disparity between Rangers and Spurs, Clement says his side can overcome that to produce an upset.
“Everything can be bridged in one night,” Clement said.
“I had the luck, and it’s not only luck, it’s also a lot of hard work, to have as a player and as a manager several nights of those that the gap was amazingly big. And those are also the best nights.
“If you then perform and you get the results, those are also the nights that you remember all of your life. Those are also the moments that, as a player, you remember your team-mates really well.
“The moments of success, the moment of doing something special. So in that way, I hope the players can give themselves and as a team a special night.”
Clement highlighted being part of the Club Brugge side that defeated a star-studded AC Milan at the San Siro in the Champions League in 2003.
“With Brugge winning in the Champions League in AC Milan 1-0, the team that the year before won the Champions League with Dida, Cafu, Costacurta, Maldini, Seedorf, Shevchenko, Ingaghi, and a few really good guys on the bench also. So that was a really special evening,” he said.
“And still, if we meet each other, and it doesn’t happen so much, people still talk about that evening together. So I had a few of those.
“Rangers have also several of those in the history and those are the special evenings. So it’s a really nice stage for my players.”