Rangers complete impressive comeback against Union Saint-Gilloise at Ibrox

Rangers rewrote their own record books with a thrilling Champions League qualifying win over Union Saint-Gilloise at Ibrox to go through 3-2 on aggregate.

The Light Blues had never overcome a 2-0 defeat away from home in the first leg of a European tie but after huffing and puffing in the first half they went ahead with a James Tavernier penalty just before the break.

Striker Antonio Colak, who scored twice for Malmo at Ibrox a year ago to knock Rangers out of the Champions League qualifiers, headed in a second in the 58th minute to level the tie.

More drama followed in the 78th minute when Malik Tillman, the 20-year-old attacker on loan from Bayern Munich, scored his first Gers goal with a header to turn the tie around and take the Govan side into the play-offs, with USG's Lazare Amani sent off in injury time.

Some of last season’s games at Ibrox when the Govan side reached the Europa League final were epic and this one reached similar heights.

There was excitement before the game around the return of Gers winger Ryan Kent from an ankle knock, with left-back Borna Barisic and midfielder Scott Arfield also back while Ridvan Yilmaz, Scott Wright and Steven Davis dropped to the bench.

Alfredo Morelos, who came off the bench on Saturday to score the clincher in a 2-0 win against Kilmarnock after a five-month absence due to a thigh injury, started again among the substitutes but there was a feeling the Colombia striker would be required at some point.

Willed on by their enthusiastic but occasionally anxious fans, Rangers hastily tried to unsettle USG, who were unchanged from the first leg.

Tillman knocked a Tom Lawrence corner past the near post before Colak headed a free-kick from Tavernier over the bar.

The visitors, meanwhile,