McCoist says Rangers’ thrashing by Liverpool was ‘a shocking result for Scottish football’

Ally McCoist insists Liverpool’s seven goals against Rangers was a ‘shocking result’ not just for Ibrox but for all of Scottish football.

A humiliating 7-1 defeat in the Champions League condemned Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side to the worst home defeat in the club’s history.

The result equaled the club’s biggest ever loss, against Celtic in the 1957 League Cup final, which left Rangers out of a point after four games, ending any hopes of reaching the last 16.

Ibrox legend Ally McCoist was ‘gutted’ by Liverpool’s beating of Rangers

24 hours after Celtic became the first team to be eliminated from the competition in a 2-0 home defeat to RB Leipzig, McCoist said the Rangers’ hammering was the latest in a horrific run of results for Scotland’s clubs in Europe.

“I’m devastated,” said the former Rangers boss, match analyst for BT Sport. “Hopefully I sound upset, because I am. It is a shocking result for Scottish football.

“You look at the results Hearts, Celtic and Rangers have had and they weren’t good enough.

‘Last night in the second half was as low as I could have gotten. They just completely broke.

‘With 23 minutes to go it was 2-1 and 3-1 with 15 minutes to go. They just lost the plot.’

Scott Arfield’s strike after 17 minutes was the Rangers’ first goal in Group A.

Liverpool dismantled Rangers, Mohamed Salah (center) scored a quick hat-trick

Roberto Firmino headed the equalizer but the teams were level at half time before the roof collapsed on the Ibrox side in the second half.

Rangers hope to hear the results of scans on injured defender Connor Goldson today. The influential Englishman left Ibrox on crutches after being taken out of the fight before halftime to be replaced by 18-year-old Leon King.

The hosts scored six goals in 32 minutes in the second half as Mo Salah came off the bench and scored three goals in six minutes 20 seconds, the fastest hat-trick in Champions League history.

“Salah came on and was ruthless, absolutely ruthless,” McCoist told talkSPORT.

Roberto Firmino scored two goals in the win against Rangers and he also provided an assist

“There was nothing clearer there than the rift between the parties.

“It was one of those games with twenty minutes to go where I’m looking for the referee to blow his whistle. They just crumbled. Liverpool were brilliant and we know they can do that with any team.

“However, the way Rangers went down should be a major concern.”

Meanwhile, Rangers have confirmed Barry Scott’s departure from the Ibrox board. In a statement, the club said Scott “stepped down as director of the company to fulfill his other business obligations.” The directors wish him every success in this.’