Rangers humbled by four-star Unirea

Pedro Mendes’ second-minute drive, which took a deflection off Unirea midfielder Ricardo Vilana before going in, gave the home side the perfect start.

However, in a bizarre night of football, the Light Blues proceeded to concede four goals, two of them own goals, while missing a penalty at 1-1.

After Marius Bilasco equalised (32), Steven Davis had a spot-kick saved by Unirea keeper Daniel Tudor (37).

Half-time sub Kyle Lafferty helped a Bruno Fernandes flick past Allan McGregor and into his own net (50) before Lee McCulloch (59) left McGregor stranded with a header.

More woe followed when Pablo Brandan made it four (65) to send the home fans heading to the exits with 25 minutes remaining.