Nacho Novo's late strike earned Rangers a place in the last 16 of the UEFA Cup thanks to a dramatic away-goals victory over Greek giants Panathinaikos, as the second leg clash in Athens ended in a 1-1 draw.

Novo, guilty of wasteful finishing in last week's goalless stalemate at Ibrox, made amends by pouncing on a loose ball nine minutes from full-time to fire a precious away goal past Pana goalkeeper Mario Galinovic.

Ioannis Goumas had earlier given Panathinaikos the lead with the first goal in the tie in spectacular fashion with a thunderous 25-yard strike - and Rangers were far from impressive in what was a lethargic display.

Bayern Munich knocked Aberdeen out with a 5-1 win at the Allianz Arena giving them a 7-3 aggregate success.

Brazilian defender Lucio set the home side on course for the last 16 of the UEFA Cup in the 12th minute and Daniel van Buyten made it two 10 minutes before the break.

A brace from Lukas Podolski put the result beyond doubt with 15 minutes remaining before Steve Lovell netted a consolation for the Dons in the 83rd minute.

Two minutes later, Mark van Bommel completed the scoring as Bayern eased into the next round.

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