5 key Rangers vs Aris VAR calls from Scott Wright red card let off to bizarre lines for goal Abdallah Sima 'will take'

It was a nightmare start to Steven Davis' time in charge at Ibrox as Rangers limped to a miserable Europa League defeat to minnows Aris Limassol.

Alex Moucketou-Moussounda nodded the ball beyond Jack Butland early on to stun the visitors in the Group C clash, before Shavy Babicka tapped the ball beyond the England cap to pile the misery on the Ibrox side. Abdallah Sima headed to give the visitors a lifeline but they failed to rescue anything from the game and fell to a shock defeat - despite having the ball in the net on multiple occasions.

But Catalin Popa and Ovidiu Haţegan - the officials in the VAR room - would step on to rule out potentially vital goals, whilst there were other key instances where the video team opted against sending referee Horatiu Fesnic to the monitor. Confidence is rock bottom at Ibrox after Michael Beale was sacked, but some narrow calls failed to help Davis and his new-look management team lift off against an impressive Aris.

But what were the major calls from the whistler and the VAR team on the night? Record Sport takes a look.

It was another tough night for Cyriel Dessers in Cyprus, but things could have been very different for the struggling summer recruit.

He thought he had levelled the game with the Europa League clash poised at 1-0. However, the linesman’s flag quickly went up to rule the Dutchman offside after he had narrowly went too early to shrug off the Aris backline.

A lengthy VAR check the on-field official was backed up. Kevin Thomson on TNT Sports didn’t need a second look quickly declaring on commentary: ‘He just strays. There is no need. He is offside. There was no need for him to be offside, though.”

Alex Moucketou-Moussounda scored the opening goal but his night could