It had been 12 years since Ibrox last hosted a Champions League group stage game and it seems they saved up all the drama during their absence for their return. Two penalties missed, one scored, a red card and a spot-kick overturned certainly made for an action-packed night.
But when the dust settled on a pulsating 90 minutes the eventful Group A clash against Napoli it left Giovanni van Bronckhorst and his players feeling the effects of yet another defeat. It was their third in a row and second in Europe's elite competition with seven goals now conceded in their two matches plus the four shipped at Celtic Park in that hat-trick of losses. 11-0.
Yet this performance was very different and if it hadn't been for a James Sands red card 10 minutes into the second half then it might have been different. Still, Rangers made the Italians wait even from the resulting penalty after the American's dismissal with Allan McGregor saving twice from Piotr Zielinski after a retake for encroachment. But Rangers couldn't hold out and Napoli converted a third penalty after Borna Barisic's handball before adding a further two goals. The match attracted plenty of attention around the continent with Napoli, top of Serie A, seriously looking like a force with which to be reckoned. Here is the reaction from some of the leading media outlets around the world.
