Lyon captain Alexandre Lacazette scored a surprise objective as he and Malick Fofana scored twice in a punishing 4-1 Europa League defeat for Rangers at Ibrox.
Vlacav Cerny missed a sitter that may have given Rangers an early lead, with Lyon getting in entrance moments later via Fofana’s cool end after Rayan Cherki’s wonderful shut management and help.
Rangers hit again nearly instantaneously with Tom Lawrence getting his second objective in consecutive video games. The midfielder capitalised after Cyriel Dessers did not convert following a disastrous Corentin Tolisso header again towards objective.
However Lyon had been again in entrance earlier than the sport reached the halfway level after Connor Barron’s blind cross was latched on to by Fofana, who dribbled in the direction of the world and squared for Lacazette to calmly slot house.
The spotlight of the primary half was nonetheless to come back with Lacazette scoring a screamer from exterior of the field.
The Lyon skipper minimize throughout from the left earlier than unleashing a right-footed effort that flew throughout Jack Butland and into the highest nook in first-half added time.
Fofana slotted house Lyon’s fourth early within the second half after extra nice work from Cherki, and although they remained unsteady in defence at occasions, their attacking risk was fixed, with Duje Caleta-Automobile hitting the bar with a header earlier than Rangers substitute Neraysho Kasanwirjo cleared Tolisso’s header off the road.
Rangers stored going ahead and Lyon goalkeeper Lucas Perri made save from a Kieran Dowell volley. However Butland was compelled to stop substitute Mentioned Benrahma making it 5 late on with a tremendous block, and Lyon’s risk didn’t finish till the ultimate whistle confirmed a chastening defeat for the Ibrox males.
Butland: Lyon have expertise however we induced our personal points
Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland to TNT Sports activities:
“They have got some serious individual quality. The disappointment for us is that we gave them too many opportunities to showcase that.
“I want we might do it over once more as a result of I feel, you hate to say it, however there was a unique strategy that we would have liked or there wasn’t fairly sufficient from us in these moments to chop out the assault, make a foul cease them from getting of their stride.
“So the disappointment is we gave them some easy opportunities to showcase some serious individual talent. In that sense, it probably feels like one that looks worse than it is, but we caused our own issues.”
Boyd: Lyon entrance three ‘ripped Rangers aside’
Sky Sports activities’ Kris Boyd:
“The front three of Lacazette, Cherki and Fofana ripped Rangers apart – they were outstanding. Rangers struggled with their pace and trickery. It was four, it could have been more.
“It is exhausting to imagine Rangers have misplaced 4-1 in Europe and it is not even the worst end in Europe for a Scottish group this week.
“Rangers don’t control games at their tempo. It’s either really slow or hectic. The turnover in possession for Rangers was really poor. That is something to build on.
“It is a huge couple of weeks developing for Rangers.”
