Liverpool Loanee Owen Beck Endures Difficult Night as Dundee Thrashed 5-0 by Rangers
It was a miserable night for Liverpool loanee Owen Beck on Wednesday, as Dundee were thrashed 5-0 by Rangers in the Scottish Premiership. Kickoff was delayed by 45 minutes due to traffic in the city, and then pyrotechnics in the away end caused the game to be halted for 10 minutes. Full-time was eventually blown two hours and 10 minutes after kickoff and almost three hours after the original start time.
Liverpool felt the force of Storm Ciaran in their 2-1 victory over Bournemouth in the League Cup, but 522 miles away in Dundee it was a different story. The pitch at Dens Park was passed as playable before kickoff, but the Rangers bus was stuck unable to reach the stadium due to a two-car crash and existing roadworks.
The fixture eventually got underway at 8.32pm, but two minutes in, pyrotechnics in the away end prompted the fire alarms to go off, leading to another delay. Around 10 minutes passed by before the game got back underway, with Rangers scoring their first of five unanswered goals soon after. Ryan Jack, Danilo, Sam Lammers, Cyriel Dessers and James Tavernier all netted for the visitors.
Beck played the full 90 minutes for Dundee on the left wing, creating the most chances for Dundee (two) and making the joint-most defensive actions (11). It could have been considerably worse for Dundee, with FotMob revealing that Rangers missed six big chances, having fired an incredible 32 shots on goal.
Dundee manager Tony Docherty told The Scotsman: “It was a bizarre night and at one stage I thought the game wasn’t going to go ahead. I was trying to keep the boys focused. Then we start the game and because of the pyros we get brought in again. The game was almost abandoned. The police took control and I didn’t think we were going to go back out again. That affects focus. When [flares in the stands are] almost causing matches to be abandoned I think we need to address it.”
Beck is currently on loan at Dundee from Liverpool until the end of the season, having joined the Scottish side in October 2020. The 21-year-old has made seven appearances for Dundee so far this season, scoring one goal and providing one assist. He was recently called up to the Wales senior squad for the first time, and will be hoping for a better result when Dundee face Motherwell on Saturday.
It was a difficult night for Beck and Dundee on Wednesday, but they will be hoping for a better performance against Motherwell this weekend.