'Mortified' McInnes takes responsibility for Rangers' European exit

Manager Derek McInnes says he takes "full responsibility" for Rangers' "embarrassing" Conference League exit at the hands of Jablonec.

Rangers, who held a 1-0 lead going into the second leg of the play-off in Czech Republic, lost 4-3 on penalties on Thursday to crash out of Europe completely.

Derek McInnes' side actually led early in the shootout, only for Findlay Curtis and James Penrice to miss their final two penalties.

It leaves them without European football beyond August for the first time since the 2-1 aggregate defeat by Luxembourg's Progres Niederkorn in the Europa League first qualifying round in 2017.

Rangers out of Europe after wretched penalty defeat in Jablonec

Have expensively-assembled Rangers improved at all under McInnes?

And it ratchets up the pressure on McInnes after a hapless start to his reign at Ibrox, which included a Europa League exit against Jagiellonia Bialystok and a draw and defeat in their opening two Premiership games.

"I'm embarrassed with the performance," the Rangers manager said.