Ex-Rangers striker Fashion Sakala haunted his former manager Steven Gerrard in a Saudi showdown.

The former Ibrox striker scored a brace to see Al-Fayha topple Al-Ettifaq in the Saudi Pro League.

Sakala, 27, previously made history this season by scoring 14 goals in the league for his club. In doing so, he became the first Al-Fayha player to hit the figure.

And Sakala was in no mood to stop scoring as he faced off against Gerrard's Al-Ettifaq.

The Zambian striker scored twice - after 72 and 85 minutes - to earn a 2-1 win for his side. Former Celtic forward Moussa Dembele scored the only goal for Gerrard's men.

After the defeat, Gerrard commented: "We were bad individually and collectively. We conceded two easy goals.

"I did not like the mentality or the character shown by the players.

"Sakala was dangerous and that is what we lack in our team."

Sakala's double helped him achieve another goalscoring record at Al-Fayha this season.

He took his tally to 16 - in 28 matches - with the double. In all competitions, Sakala has 19 goals and eight assists in 38 outings this term.

On his Rangers exit - in a £4m transfer deal - Sakala previously told Rangers Review: “I think I deserved much better, I deserved to be respected at least," he said. "I can leave the club, but don’t tell me not to train with the team, don’t tell me not to go to the Rangers Training Centre anymore, as if I did something wrong.

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"I understand you want to sell me to get money to buy new players, that is fine. But let me just be part of the team, let me say goodbye nicely to my teammates.

"When I received a call that I shouldn’t go to the training ground anymore, I didn’t see any of my teammates anymore. It was hard to say goodbye in such a bad way to people who looked after me so well – Tavernier, Goldson – I had to talk to them on phones when it was time to leave.

"It was hard for them to believe that I wasn’t allowed to go to the training ground anymore.”