Rangers roar to brink of Europa League qualification as Igamane shines and Dessers should be banned – 5 talking points

Rangers left their domestic struggles at home to record one of their best ever European results with a 4-1 thrashing of French side Nice.

And the stunning victory at the Allianz Riviera temporarily eased some of the pressure on Philippe Clement as he enjoyed some home comforts in the region where he once lived while in charge of Monaco.

Clement was justified in his decision to hand Hamza Igamane a start over Cyriel Dessers as the Moroccan bagged goals in either half after the opener from Vaclav Cerny and a second from Mohamed Diomande. The travelling fans were in dreamland in the French Riviera with Badredine Bouanani's stunning free kick nothing more than a consolation and Rangers now sit on 10 points in the new-look Europa League and well on course to progress with three games to go.

It was a lively start with Cerny not far away with an effort for the visitors early on before Algerian international Bouanani sent a brilliant attempt just off target.

Then there was huge drama early on when Spanish referee Ricardo de Burgos pointed to the spot to award the home side a penalty but it was unclear what it was for with THREE potential incidents - handball against John Souttar and Dujon Sterling and then a Connor Barron challenge - but neither looked convincing and after being called to the monitor he overturned his decision.

It was a let-off for Rangers and yet they could have made the most of it when moments later they broke away with Nedim Bajrami slipping in Hamza Igamane who was in the clear but the Moroccan dithered and Issiago Camara got back to recover. Jefte then had a long range effort that was a whisker away.

The game was wide open but it was Rangers who grabbed control with two goals in three minutes to put them