Rangers found a dramatic stoppage-time winner to finally secure their first Scottish Premiership win of the season at the sixth attempt, with substitute Max Aarons' late strike enough to down Livingston.

Russell Martin's struggling side were perilously close to the longest winless streak in their history before Aarons found the net in the 94th minute, lashing home a loose ball to send Rangers fans tumbling on to the pitch in celebration.

James Tavernier had put the Ibrox side ahead in the first half with a hooked volley from close range, and it was a deserved lead given their dominance at that stage.

Rangers even had the chance to double that advantage when Nico Raskin had his shirt pulled at the corner, and a penalty was awarded after a VAR check. Tavernier stepped up, but his effort was saved by the legs of Jerome Prior.

They very nearly rued that mistake. Unable to pull away from their hosts - they had a second by Derek Cornelius ruled out before the break - Martin's side gradually lost the ascendancy as Livingston came back into it.

And they conceded an ugly equaliser in the 67th minute when Mo Sylla headed in unchallenged from an Adam Montgomery cross.

Rangers, in desperation, poured forward at the end looking for a winner, and found it through maligned summer signing Aarons, who seized upon a loose ball from a corner to ram his first goal for the club past Prior.

Watching both halves of this game was like watching three different teams play football.

There was the dogged and brave Livingston, who battled throughout and will feel aggrieved to finsh with nothing after 90 minutes full of grit and determination.

In the first half, there was a solid Rangers, a side that had weathered an early storm and used their quality to force an opener. They looked the better team, and it seemed a matter of time until the second came.

It didn't come for a long, long time, though. Derek Cornelius' effort was chalked off after a handball, but the Canadian defender also seemed offside.

That decision, and Tavernier's missed penalty, left the door ajar for Livingston and they burst it down in the second half.

In the second half, that same Rangers side went from comfortable to creaky, and all that had changed was the direction in which they were shooting.

Livingston dominated the attacking stats after the break and had been steadily ratcheting up the pressure before their goal finally came.

When it went in, boos and jeers rained down towards the Rangers bench, as Martin began cut an beleaguered figure. He's had this movie on repeat for a while.

That movie wasn't Groundhog Day, though. This time, it ended with Aarons slamming in a winner.

Rangers head coach Russell Martin: "I'm really proud of the players, they deserved to win.

"Some of the football we played in the first half, we should have scored more goals and the game should have been done. We gave away a really poor goal because we lost control of the game in the second half and struggled to get it back.

"The players are fighting so hard for each other and the coaching staff and I think we got what we deserved in the end. The players feel so together and the first half showed that. The gap between the first half and the second half is too big so we need to learn from that but I really enjoyed some of the first half and I loved the character and spirit in the second."

Rangers captain James Tavernier tells Sky Sports: "We should have put the game away in the first half. We've got to be cleaner at the back.

"We came here to win the game and we did that. It's all about winning."

Rangers goalscorer Max Aarons tells Sky Sports: "It was carnage. Moments like this - the togetherness we want to show - these are what make you.

"Hopefully, in future it's a bit more on our terms, but we did what we had to do."

Rangers are back in action in the Europa League on Thursday, when they travel to face Sturm Graz (20:00 BST). Then they will resume their hunt for a first league win at Falkirk on Sunday (15:00)

Livingston visit Dundee United in the Premiership on Saturday (15:00).