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5 talking points as Rangers suffer Champions League heartache after Allan McGregor heroics on night of drama

Allan McGregor rolled back the years as Champions League group stage football made a dramatic return to Ibrox but the veteran keeper couldn't stop Rangers from suffering Euro heartache.

The veteran goalie was back between the sticks in place of the injured Jon McLaughlin and saved TWO penalties - the second of which was a retaken effort - before Napoli netted a third from the spot and added late second and third goals to earn their second successive Group A win and make a hat-trick of defeats on the spin for the Light Blues in all competitions.

But, despite conceding three goals, this loss was very different from the previous two as Giovanni van Bronckhorst got the kind of performance he was desperately looking on a hugely eventful night.

The drama and turning point came 10 minutes into the second half when James Sands saw red for a foul on Giovanni Simeone inside the box. Recalled McGregor saved Piotr Zielinski's resulting spot kick only for Matteo Politano to steer home the rebound.

However, referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz ordered a retake after Politano had entered the box before the kick was taken. Incredibly, McGregor saved AGAIN from Zielinski as Ibrox erupted.

But unbelievably McGregor had to face a THIRD penalty after a handball by Borna Barisic and this time the veteran keeper was beaten - but only just - as Politano tucked the ball into the bottom corner and substitute Giacomo Raspadori and Tanguy Ndombele netted late on to make sure of the win.

It was the third game in a row Gers failed to score and proof that their luck really is down came in injury time when they were awarded a penalty for handball - only for VAR to overturn it.

Van Bronckhorst made five changes from the side that started the 4-0 thumping

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