Steven Davis suffers Rangers dugout debut howler as nightmare continues after Cyprus humiliation - 5 talking points

Caretaker Steven Davis kicked off his Rangers interim spell in charge with a major flop as he watched his side crashed to a shock 2-1 defeat against Cypriot minnows Aris Limassol.

Alex Moucketou-Moussounda nodded the ball beyond Jack Butland to stun the visitors in their Europa League Group C clash before Shavy Babicka tapped the ball beyond the England cap to pile the misery on the Ibrox side. Abdallah Sima headed to give the visitors a lifeline but they failed to rescue a result to complete a nightmare week after the 3-1 defeat to Aberdeen which saw Michael Beale sacked.

Moucketou-Moussounda gave the hosts the lead as he beat Connor Goldson to the ball in the middle of the park to nod the ball beyond Butland. It should have been 2-0 moments later as Leo Bengtsson was found low in the centre of the six-yard box from a neat pass on the right - as he smashed the ball over the bar.

Cyriel Dessers thought he had levelled the game he broke through the resolute backline to slide the ball under Vana - but the flag quickly went up for offside. The Dutchman was made to wait but after a lengthy VAR check the striker was denied the equaliser. Sima would have the ball in the net next with a low finish from the right - but is was also ruled out. He wide man burst through but bundled over Eric Boakye in the build-up. That saw the goal chalked off and the Rangers man go into the book.

But things went from bad to worse when Babicka found the net. Bengtsson lost John Lundstram and whipped the ball across the six-yard box from the left flank, and the striker tapped the ball into the net to round off a sweeping counter attack. Lundstram made up for his mistake when he whipped an inch-perfect ball onto the head of Sima. The Brighton