When Liverpool hosts Rangers in Group A of the Champions League on Tuesday, they will be attempting to make it two victories in a row in Europe.

The visitors cannot afford another loss if they want to continue in the tournament since they have already lost both of their opening games.

Liverpool's 2-1 victory against Ajax last month was their sole victory in their previous four games played in all categories. Jurgen Klopp may be glad to have a European encounter coming up when Rangers visit Merseyside in the middle of the week.

The Reds turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead over Brighton Hove Albion at Anfield on Saturday. However, the Reds were unable to hold on to the advantage as Leandro Trossard scored his hat-trick late in the game.

Liverpool now has just two victories in their first seven league games of the year due to the draw, but they will try to catch up to Napoli in Group A by defeating Rangers on Tuesday.

Klopp will want for six points from their two games against the Scottish Premiership and Europa League runners-up, who certainly represent the weakest club in the group, since Napoli and Ajax will be facing off back-to-back in the next two matchdays.

A club that has been winning football games as seldom as Liverpool recently, though, cannot afford for any complacency to creep in ahead of Tuesday's meeting, even though they might not need to perform at their peak levels to win.

However, Rangers were brutal in their 4-0 away victory against Hearts at the weekend. The hosts were in trouble after Cameron Devlin was shown a straight red card after 39 minutes because Antonio Colak had already scored a hat trick.

After the interval, Alfredo Morelos and former Liverpool winger Ryan Kent sealed the victory, although Giovanni van Bronckhorst will soon turn his focus back to Europe, where his team has struggled to make an impression this season despite a triumphant journey to the Europa League final the previous year.

However, this is Rangers' first appearance in the Champions League group stage in 12 years, and it's possible that the improvement in the caliber of the opposition has surprised everyone associated with the team, especially after the club was assigned to what many dubbed the "Group of Death" following the August draw.

The Gers lost their first match 4-0 at home to Ajax before dropping their most recent match 3-0 to Napoli at Ibrox Stadium, with the Italians always the favorites to score after James Sands was sent off in the 55th minute for a bookable offense.

A journey to Anfield is not ideal for a squad that has yet to earn its first point in the tournament, but if van Bronckhorst's team performs to their typical level of energy, their unmotivated opponents may find it difficult to handle their intensity.