Rangers were convincingly beaten by Greek Super League outfit Olympiacos in their final pre-season match at Ibrox before the competitive action starts next weekend.
Michael Beale’s side produced an error-strewn display on a dismal night to leave them with plenty of work to do ahead of Saturday’s last warm-up match against Hoffenheim in Germany.
Kostas Fortounis’ opened the scoring for the visitors on the stroke of half-time before Todd Cantwell was brought down in the penalty area and captain James Tavernier stepped up to convert the resulting spot-kick early in the second half. However, Olympiacos regained the lead after 56 minutes through Joao Carvalho’s close-range finish.
The hosts did create some decent chances to level the contest with Abdallah Sima and Sam Lammers forcing visiting keeper Alexandros Paschalakis into making impressive saves, but Carvalho bagged his second on 69 minutes to wrap up victory for the Olympiacos.
Here, we take a look at the story of the match through the camera lense:
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Midfielder John Lundstram has to be held back by team-mate John Souttar after coming to blows with Olympiacos defender Andreas Bouchalakis. | Getty Images
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Joao Carvalho is congratulated by his Olympiacos teammates after scoring his side’s match-winning third goal of the evening. | Getty Images
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Substitute Zak Lovelace - playing his second match of the day after starring for the B-Team - was given a late run out and was involved in this late stramash in the visitors’ penalty area. | Getty Images
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The dejected Rangers’ players trudge off the pitch after the full-time whistle on a disappointing night. | Getty Images