Some Rangers fans give verdicts as Liverpool pair Ryan Kent and Ovie Ejaria make full debuts for Steven Gerrard's side

The new Rangers recruits made their first starts for the Ibrox outfit, now managed by their former colleague Steven Gerrard.

(THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Ryan Kent of Liverpool during a training session at Melwood Training Ground on July 17, 2018 in Liverpool, England.

(THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Ovie Ejaria of Liverpool during a training session at Melwood Training Ground on May 11, 2018 in Liverpool, England.

Rangers boss Steven Gerrard gave full debuts to Liverpool loanees Ryan Kent and Ovie Ejaria on Thursday.

And the pair helped Rangers to a 1-0 win over NK Osijek in the Europa League’s second qualifying round, with Alfredo Morelos grabbing the Gers a vital away goal.

Kent’s appearance in Croatia was his first since signing moving to Ibrox earlier this week, while Ejaria had appeared as a substitute in each of Rangers’ previous two qualifiers.

But what did Rangers fans make of the Liverpool youngsters’ showings? This is what some of them are saying on Twitter, both separately and individually…

Good result tonight but should have played Candeias down the right, not convinced Kent or Ejaria brought anything to the team
— Maverick_1969 (@Walter_Mather) 26 July 2018

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Impressed with coulibaly, Kent and ejaria tonight. Flanagan and tav weren’t the best though ⚪️
— luke (@southernbear90) 26 July 2018

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Kent= industrious and confident but poor decision making in final 3rd.
Big Lass= doing big lass things. Snapped into tackles, decent touch, faded 2nd half
Ejaria= what I expected from an inexperienced youngster. Struggled for any meaningful ball. Impact player off bench for me
— Brownie (@OzRNGR) 26 July 2018

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Coulibaly played well tonight. Needs more time with the team though.

Kent had the desire. Tried to hard on occasions. He’ll settle down.

Ejaria had a good game too. He clossed down the ball with intent. As did all the team.

El Buffalo was outstanding. McGregor, Goldson also.
— Lien Micheal Mols Naelcm (@LienNaelcm) 26 July 2018

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3/ Kent – good performance, direct, defensively hard working too
Ejaria – worked hard, good on ball
Alfie – really good performance, good goal, good hold up play, worked his socks off
— #DoYourJob (@gordyb1872) 27 July 2018

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Midfield played well. Kent looks good the big guy in the middle looks good. Cousiably or however you spell his name. Other boy from Liverpool played decent. Rangers teams of recent years wouldn’t have held onto that result. Now home and hopefully finish the tie off.
— Kenny (@kenny0785) 26 July 2018

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Very impressed with the new boys. Gerrard called Coulibaly a machine in the middle of the park. He was exactly that tonight. Kent MOTM for me. Ejaria looks v cool on the ball. Well done to the Famous. Finish the tie off next week at Ibrox!
— Liam (@Liamwatp) 26 July 2018

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I’d probably still pick Windass over Ejaria tbh!
— Darren Armour (@DarrenArmour1) 26 July 2018

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Kent

Brilliant Rangers. Morelos outstanding. Kent looks good and a clean sheet. Play up the Glasgow Rangers #WATP
— Iain Glen (@glen1873) 26 July 2018

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Morelos was back to his best tonight and Ryan Kent looks a player! #Rangers
— John (@neeson_1) 26 July 2018

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Well done Rangers I thought Ryan Kent was top drawer !!
— Richard McFetridge (@ricardomcfetri) 26 July 2018

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Great performance from Rangers tonight. Looks like we are no longer scared of corners & McGregor will be worth an extra 10 points a season. Coulibaly & Clark Kent look class. Goldson, Katic & Flanagan need to work on their passing though..
— K918 (@minniedogg) 26 July 2018

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Brilliant result Rangers, I think Ryan Kent looks the part and well done Morelos for turning up and actually trying for once
— Sons of William F.C (@geodev_rfc) 26 July 2018

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Ryan Kent looks a player, thought we didn’t get him on ball nearly enough last night when he was in so much space but he’s not afraid to do ugly stuff. Tracked back and made a few tackles. Looks like McKay but with heart.
— Chris McLaughlin (@Chr1sMcLaughlin) 27 July 2018

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Good win for Rangers. Ryan kent and coulibaly were very impressive
— William Cope (@wully1872) 27 July 2018

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RYAN KENT
— Dexter Morgan (@Scottydoggiom) 26 July 2018

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Ejaria

Ejaria relly impressed me with his physicality in midfield tonight. Looks like the type of player to be bullied off the ball easily but he’s shown that he’s got a bit of strength to him.
— big mad andy (@vlxdtheimpalah) 26 July 2018

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Well played Ovie Ejaria that was a good performance
— FiveStar (@BritishSeahawk) 26 July 2018

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Can tell he’s not the finished article, but looks pretty good on the ball
— Andy kilpatrick (@andykilpatrick1) 26 July 2018

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Not seen anything to impress me yet
— Will Robbo (@wullieboy78) 26 July 2018

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Great performance tonight! @Ejaria was motm easy
— Mr. Nice Guy (@bigpurk14) 26 July 2018

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Ejaria can’t pass forward, felt like he was scared tonight
— Joe (@1872joe) 26 July 2018

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If we can get the right balance in our midfield with the players we have then we could be on to something.
Hoped Ejaria would add some creativity but didn’t really materialise last night. Maybe something we still lack.
— Andy McKellar (@AMcKellar89) 27 July 2018

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Ejaria- average at most and this will ruffle some feathers but I’d have liked to see @WindassJnr in that position
— Ryan wood (@wood_ryan85) 26 July 2018

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Both Kent and Ejaria are on long-term contracts at Liverpool, whose youth system they progressed through.

And a good season at Rangers – where their ex-Reds colleagues Jordan Rossiter, Jon Flanagan, Gary McAllister, Michael Beale, Tom Culshaw, Jordan Milsom and Gerrard are also employed – could see the pair force their way into Jurgen Klopp’s plans for the 2019/20 season.

What did you make of the Liverpool duo’s displays for Rangers?

Steven Gerrard is unveiled as the new manager of Rangers football Club at Ibrox Stadium on May 4, 2018 in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Some Rangers fans give verdicts as Liverpool pair Ryan Kent and Ovie Ejaria make full debuts for Steven Gerrard’s side