Ajax do a Celtic as the Tribute Act are outclassed in Amsterdam

The Ibrox Tribute Act endured a nightmare Champions League debut- crashing to a 4-0 defeat away to Ajax.

It could have been much worse for Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side who were outplayed in every area as they attempted the step up from the Europa League to the big time. 

Ajax were 3-0 up at half-time, like Celtic at the weekend, they took their foot off the gas with Ryan Jack doing a Jon McLaughlin to present Ajax with a fourth scored by a limping Stephen Bengwijn who was immediately replaced.

Even Mark Warburton and Graeme Murty never suffered back-to-back 4-0 defeats, on Saturday van Bronckhorst has to take his side to Aberdeen knowing that anything less than three points will lead to calls for his sacking before Matchday 2 against Napoli on Tuesday.

Rather than axe the flops that lost 4-0 to Celtic only one change was made with Scott Wright replacing Steve Davis with the former Aberdeen man barely involved before he was replaced at half-time.

Only two of van Bronckhorst’s seven summer signings started the match. Bayern Munich starlet Malik Tilman was substituted at half-time with Antonio Colak getting less than 10 touches of the ball. Alfredo Morelos sat on the bench throughout the rout.

There was one moment of joy when Borna Barisic found the net, after a two minute check the ‘goal’ was disallowed due to Ryan Jack being offside. Leeds United are expected to revive (again) their interest in Kent when the January transfer window opens.