Rangers had 25 shots and still finished beaten at Ibrox's home ground, a frustrating night that left Derek McInnes without a first win in charge. Hibernian survived long spells of pressure, took the early lead through a 12th-minute VAR penalty and then found a late winner after Rangers had levelled.
Rangers waste pressure again
The pattern was straightforward enough. Josh Campbell converted the penalty after VAR ruled that V. Dragojevic had fouled him, and Rangers spent much of the rest of the match trying to claw back control. They did create chances, but 25 shots ended with the team chasing the game instead of seeing it out.
That equaliser finally arrived in the 85th minute, when Miguel Changa Chaiwa's own goal made it 1-1. Rangers had the momentum then, but they did not finish the job. Youssef Chermiti and Djeidi Gassama were among the names involved in the attack, yet the decisive moment still went against them.
Wright lands the final blow
The winning goal came late, with Callum Wright guiding the ball into the far corner in the third minute of added time, after another source described it simply as an injury-time winner. Either way, it was the kind of finish that turns a difficult home draw into a defeat Rangers should feel they left behind.
McInnes opened his Rangers tenure with a 1-1 draw against Dundee United and a 2-1 Europa League qualifying defeat by Jagiellonia Bialystok in Poland before this match, so the pressure was already building. This result only sharpens it. Rangers have had the volume, and they have had the late equaliser, but they still leave with nothing from their home league opener.
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