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title: "Rangers: Sutton hammers Filip Helander"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sutton-helander-gers-ibrox-gerrard-benfica-europa-league/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Features"
published: "2020-11-06T18:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-11-06T18:00:00Z"
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# Rangers: Sutton hammers Filip Helander

**BT Sport pundit Chris Sutton has hammered Glasgow Rangers’ Filip Helander for his display against Benfica in the Europa League.**

### **Helander disappointed**

The Gers should have come away with all three points from Portugal, but they had to make do with a 3-3 draw in the end. Helander was one of the Ibrox outfit’s men who disappointed, with two of the three goals arguably his fault.

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Sutton was far from happy with what he saw from the Sweden international. He said during BT Sport’s Europa League coverage (10.25 pm):

> *“Defended poorly and missed chances. A big opportunity missed, and they’ve put themselves under unnecessary pressure. He \[Helander\] had a terrible game. He got caught out. It’ll feel like it is two points dropped.”*

### **Hard to argue**

It is hard to disagree with Sutton’s comments – Helander was a liability on the night. With a SofaScore rating of just [6.2](https://www.sofascore.com/sl-benfica-rangers/bXsgkb), he prevailed in only two of his eight duels, and was dribbled past on no less than three occasions. Against top-quality opposition like Benfica, he really has to do better.

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However, before those three strikes from the Portuguese side, the Gers had conceded just [four](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/filip-helander/leistungsdaten/spieler/198067) goals in 12 games in all competitions with the [£1.44m-valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/filip-helander/marktwertverlauf/spieler/198067) 27 year-old (Transfermarkt) at the heart of their defence – he is still a hugely important player for them. Now, he just needs to recover from this disappointment as soon as possible and look ahead to the next match, against Hamilton in the Premiership.

***In other news, [this Rangers star receives international punishment after his scathing comments.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-news/rangers-ianis-hagi-romania-gers-ibrox-gerrard/)***