Rangers player ratings as 3 forwards slaughtered but Jack Butland avoids blame game in Europa League car crash

It went from bad to worse for Rangers in what can only be described as the week from hell.

The Cyprus heat proved too much of a pressure cooker for interim boss Steven Davis and his Rangers team despite a strong start against Real Betis in the Europa League group, the European newcomers Aris Limassol put the Light Blues to the sword. It all went wrong inside the first ten minutes when an unchallenged Alex Moucketou-Moussounda headed home leaving Jack Butland with no chance before Cyriel Dessers saw his finish ruled out for offside.

Aris hit Rangers for double trouble on the hour mark when a deadly counter attack saw Shavy Babicka fire home before Abdallah Sima got his customary Rangers goal to give Davis' men and the travelling contingent hope. In the end it was lacklustre in Limassol for the Light Blues. Here's how they rated out of ten.

JACK BUTLAND: No chance with the goals and looked like a man frustrated by the efforts of those in front of him. Produced a superb save from Kokorin and can look himself in the mirror - 7

JAMES TAVERNIER: Defensively poor and in an attacking sense miles off what he’s capable of. Free kicks and corners didn’t come up to scratch and he didn’t look like a leader - 4

CONNOR GOLDSON: Didn’t cover himself in glory at the goal, reacting slowly and allowing the scorer to get in front of him. Never looked at ease and for a man who usually defends his box well, had a real off night - 4

BEN DAVIES: Very dodgy start to the match from the centre back who seemed unsure of himself on the difficult surface and it didn’t really get a lot better for him - 4

BORNA BARISIC: Gomis gave the Croat a hard time in the early stages and he looked completely short of confidence defensively and when he did go