Clement reveals incredible Rangers truth he was told straight after Steau smashing as Igamane WON'T be kicked down

Delighted Philippe Clement claims Rangers’ four-star showing against Steaua Bucharest was the perfect remedy to the Premiership woes that have sickened his side.

The Ibrox gaffer and his men have been coming under increasing pressure since Sunday’s slip-up at Kilmarnock saw them drop six points off title pacesetters Celtic and Aberdeen. But the Light Blues were able to leave their domestic troubles behind as they ran riot against the Romanians to move on to six Europa League points from their three games so far.

Tom Lawrence got Gers off and running before Vaclav Cerny added a slick double, with Moroccan kid Hamza Igamane rounding off a morale-boosting win. Asked if his side had a point to prove, Clement - who watched Gers record their biggest group stage win since a 5-0 UEFA Cup thumping of Amica Wronki in 2004 - said: “Of course, we were all sick of losing. The players, the staff, everybody was disappointed.

“We wanted to stand up together. Somebody told me it's more than 20 years ago since Rangers won a European group stage game by four goals. I still see a lot of things that we can improve in this game, but I'm happy that everybody can see that there's potential in this squad. Like I've been saying the last weeks, we need time to get everything together and to get better and better.”

Igamane fired his first goal for the club after replacing Cyriel Dessers, who stormed down the tunnel in a bizarre incident as Gers celebrated their third goal. Explaining what happened, Clement - who also had to take Leon Balogun and Tom Lawrence off - said: “Cyriel got a finger in his eye, so he couldn’t see good anymore.

“He was quite emotional about it because he wanted to stay on the pitch, but he didn't see anything, so he ran off.