Rangers sink Chelsea in Glasgow

Nacho Novo and Filp Sebo were on target for Rangers at Ibrox

Nacho Novo and Filip Sebo cracked in late goals to give Rangers a 2-0 win over Chelsea in their Ibrox friendly.

The runners-up from Scotland and England last season put on an entertaining show, full of good chances and a few crunching tackles.

Novo found the net via a post on 86 minutes with wonderful strike from 20 yards after good work from Chris Burke.

A minute later, Sebo made up for an earlier glaring miss with a deflected strike from similar range.

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The win sets Rangers up perfectly for the first leg of their Champions League second-round qualifier against FK Zeta on Tuesday.

Both sides made eight substitutions during the game but the game managed to flow more than most pre-season games.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba flashed a header across the face of goal and past the upright and his new team-mate Florent Malouda tried his luck with a long range strike in the first half.

Sebo, a much-maligned figure last season, somehow then managed to mis-kick in front of goal from eight yards.

Rangers defender Carlos Cuellar did well to block a point-blank shot from Claudio Pizarro on the line before the new Chelsea recruit tested Roy Carroll with a stinging effort.

Rangers finished strongly and a surging run from Burke set up Novo for his impressive strike.

Sebo then sent Ibrox into raptures with a thunderous effort, albeit one which took a big deflection.

Having drawn with Ajax on Tuesday, Rangers manager Walter Smith is happy with the way his side is shaping up.

"We had to work very hard in both games and hopefully that will be a benefit to us on Tuesday," he said.

"It's always nice to win a match but in a pre-season friendly, the most important thing isn't the result, it's getting a competitive edge.

"We've still got a lot of gelling to do. We have a lot of new players that we have to fit into our team and there are aspects of play we have to work on."