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Sports Extra: Rangers v Genk BBC Radio 5 Live This video can not be played Former Celtic striker Oh breaks deadlock before having second ruled out Diomande sent off for reckless challenge Oh penalty saved by Butland after Tavernier punished following VAR review Rangers denied penalty for handball despite referee being sent to screen Souttar header somehow hacked clear from under bar Have your say here Colin Moffat Oh Hyeon-gyu The Genk striker keeps his shirt on this time as he slides in from close range. Hang on, VAR are looking at a possible offside. Is Raskin on the park? I haven't heard his name mentioned since the team was announced? Hugh Enough is enough. This shambolic manager has to go. The team is just getting worse and more chaotic as each game is played. Martin is simply not good enough to be managing Rangers. Marc I feel sorry for Russell Martin. The squad clearly isn’t good enough irrespective of what’s been spent. Fergus Rangers 0-1 Genk Noah Adedeji-Sternberg replaces a groggy Yaimar Medina for Genk just before Rangers threaten an equaliser. Djeidi Gassama cuts inside to unleash a shot, only to see it zoom just wide. Rangers 0-1 Genk Martin Dowden BBC Sport Scotland at Ibrox It just feels like the belief isn't there in the crowd that Rangers can turn this around. They're trying to rouse the home side but it feels more in hope than expectation. On the counter, it looks like they may well get picked off the more they push on. Rangers 0-1 Genk A long delay as Djeidi Gassama gets some treatment then there's some silly grappling in the penalty box. .. James Tavernier whips the ball in after his initial free-kick is blocked but Genk stand firm under pressure. Rangers 0-1 Genk Rangers winger Djeidi Gassama is sent tumbling near the edge of the penalty area by a full-blooded challenge from Mujaid Sadick. Rangers 0-1 Genk Ally Mc Coist Former Rangers striker on TNT Sports There was no protection at all for Jack Butland. Rangers are all over the place defensively. Rangers 0-1 Genk Derek Ferguson Former Rangers midfielder on Sportsound It's the hardest chance he's had, and he puts it away. Oh Hyeon-gyu Now he tucks one away. .. The Genk striker has enough time to recover from a bad first touch and races through to power a shot past Jack Butland. Then he gets booked for taking his top off. Rangers 0-0 Genk Oh Hyeon-gyu's bad night continues as he stretches out with the wrong foot and fails to turn the ball in. Rangers 0-0 Genk Jack Butland beats away a long range effort then has to deal with a follow-up effort. Genk keep up the pressure and Kayembe slashes wide after an effort from Steuckers is blocked. Frantic. Rangers 0-0 Genk Thelo Aasgaard is leaning back as the ball drops his way near the penalty spot and the shot is horrible, skewed way wide. Loud groans from the home fans. .. Rangers 0-0 Genk Tom English BBC Scotland chief sports writer on Sportsound Genk look a really good team. And they're not a really good team. But Rangers are making them look like a really good team. They have all the confidence. How is it 0-0? Rangers 0-0 Genk Here we go again. Oliver Antman is on for Mikey Moore as 10-man Rangers look to take something from this Europa League opener. HT: Rangers 0-0 Genk Martin Dowden BBC Sport Scotland at Ibrox The red card gives Russell Martin more questions to answer, ones he didn't really want or need. In truth, Genk should be ahead. They've hit the post, missed a sitter, and missed a penalty. They've carried way more threat. Rangers haven't really. It's not the Europa League type of display we've seen so often here. HT: Rangers 0-0 Genk Derek Ferguson Former Rangers midfielder on Sportsound Thankfully, Oh has had an absolute nightmare. He should be going into half-time with a hat-trick. HT: Rangers 0-0 Genk One penalty given, one not and a red card. Referee Matej Jug had a very busy first half. HT: Rangers 0-0 Genk Steven Thompson Former Rangers & Scotland striker on Sportsound Rangers are lacking invention and they're switching off at the back. The wider areas have looked suspect, too. It's not been a great performance. HT: Rangers 0-0 Genk Andy Halliday Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound Jack Butland has been Rangers' standout performer by a country mile this season. And he's kept it goalless for now. HT: Rangers 0-0 Genk Tom English BBC Scotland chief sports writer on Sportsound I think Rangers are lucky it's 0-0. And I don't think it'll stay that way much longer if they keep playing the way they are. Jayden Meghoma just walks away from defending, he has no defensive discipline to be playing that role. This has been a grim performance from Rangers. They're off the pace. Former Celtic striker Oh Hyeon-gyu opened the scoring after earlier missing a penalty Rangers' abject start to the season continued as former Celtic striker Oh Hyeon-gyu's goal - and Mohamed Diomande's first-half dismissal - helped ​Genk to a 1-0 Europa League win at Ibrox. Under-pressure head coach Russell Martin was seeking successive victories for the first time, but his team were second-best for long spells against the Belgian side who missed a host of chances. In recent seasons, this competition has brought welcome relief from domestic indifference for Rangers. But it quickly became clear even that would allude them this time. It was another miserable outcome for Martin, who just can't find a way to build momentum or positivity. Rangers were already on the back foot before Diomande lunged rashly at Zakaria El Ouahdi shortly before half-time. A straight red card seemed justified. Earlier, it had appeared John Souttar had given Ibrox the lift it needed when his angled header flew towards the net. But Bryan Heynen produced an incredible overhead kick clearance to deny him. Martin feels heat again, but are Rangers players letting him down? Why has Martin's approach not worked at Rangers? Latest Rangers news, analysis and fan views It was as good as it got for the Scottish Premiership's 11th-placed side. Oh - scorer of 12 goals in 47 Celtic appearances a couple of seasons ago - somehow missed when all alone in the area. Patrik Hrosovsky then struck a post. Rangers then thought they had a penalty when James Tavernier's header struck the raised arm of Joris Kayembe but, after a long review, Tavernier was deemed to have given him a slight push. After Diomande's exit, the drama continued when the Rangers captain lost Yaimar Medina, then caught him, and a penalty was given. To Rangers' relief Jack Butland denied Oh from the spot. But the decisive moment came when Oh escaped a dithering defence and fired across the exposed goalkeeper. The Korean still had time to miss from a yard on the slide, then have another ruled out for offside as Genk hunted a second. Rangers gamely chased an unlikely leveller, and substitute Connor Barron had a late strike brilliantly diverted away, but it turned into another night of torment for the Ibrox side and their fans. Normally, European nights at Ibrox are electric. But it felt flat in the build-up here, with a notable absence of home supporters in sections of the stadium. Anger and outrage are difficult to deal with but apathy can be even more acutely felt. Fan protests were less evident after the weekend League Cup win over Hibernian, not that the tide has turned on that front by any means. Certainly not after this. This was seen as an ideal opportunity to build some momentum against a side who appeared to be struggling domestically in the same manner as Rangers. They didn't look it as they surged at the Ibrox side time and again. Martin's team had one or two moments of threat but, in truth, Genk were worthy winners and not just because Rangers were a player down for the second half. Defensive frailty was all-too evident and ought to have cost them more than it did. Youssef Chermiti starting didn't pay off, but the service was way light. The barnstorming type of Europa League occasion these fans have become accustomed to was badly missing as Martin's side once again struggled. That's four wins from 14 outings. Four defeats in their last seven. That's not the standard Rangers demand. Only wins, and lots of them, will change things if the support are to be re-engaged. This video can not be played Martin feels 'nothing but support' from Rangers hierarchy Rangers head coach Russell Martin: "I'm frustrated. The red card changed a lot, but I'm proud of the players in the second half. "I asked them to be really aggressive after the sending off, not just try and defend for 45 minutes. Genk didn't cut us open, we weren't defending relentlessly. "The longer the game goes on, if we actually dominate the ball, we create a lot more. We'll get there. "We had 10 men for a long time, I think Jack [Butland] only had two saves to make in the second half. I thought we had some really good performances. " Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland: "There were some bright moments to start with, but we've gone down to 10, given away opportunities, and in Europe, that is difficult. "In saying that, we didn't go under, we didn't fall apart. But there was not enough good stuff there tonight. And ultimately we concede a poor goal in a game where they didn't threaten us all that much or cut us open. "So it's an opportunity we missed, for sure. " Rangers return to Premiership action on Sunday at Livingston (15: 00 BST). By then, they could even be bottom of the division. After that, they travel to face Sturm Graz in Austria next Thursday. Genk return to domestic league action before hosting Ferencvaros in their next Europa League tie. Why has Martin's approach not worked at Rangers? Follow Rangers on BBC Sport Scotland Are Celtic and Rangers in a fit state for Europa League? After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Last Updated 25th September 2025 at 21: 59 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Russell Martin Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Thorsten Fink Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 Manager: Russell Martin Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Thorsten Fink Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 To watch and listen, you need to enable Java Script in your browser. Sports Extra: Rangers v Genk. BBC Radio 5 Live. Audio Sports Extra: Rangers v Genk BBC Radio 5 Live UEFA Europa League All competitions This will be the first ever meeting between Rangers and Genk – the Gers have already faced Belgian opposition this season, losing 3-1 at home and 6-0 away to Club Brugge in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. This will be Genk’s first ever game against a Scottish opponent in European competition – the Belgian side are unbeaten in each of their last three games when meeting a team for the first time in major European competition (W2 D1) but lost 3-0 to West Ham in their most recent such match that came in the UEFA Europa League in October 2021. Rangers have won their opening game in four of their last five UEFA Europa League campaigns, with the exception coming via a 2-0 home defeat to Lyon in September 2021. This will be Genk’s first appearance in the UEFA Europa League since the 2021-22 campaign, the only season in which they failed to get out of the group stage in the competition. KRC have won their first game to nil in four of their five prior appearances in this competition (L1). James Tavernier could make his 58th appearance in the UEFA Europa League for Rangers, levelling Matheus (58 for Sporting Braga) for the second most games played for a single club in the competition, behind only Salzburg’s Andreas Ulmer (61). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.