Rangers knocked out of Champions League after 6-0 defeat to Club Brugge

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There will be no Scottish teams in this year's main Champions League draw after Rangers were knocked out in the play-offs.
They lost 6-0 on the night to Belgian team Club Brugge, and 9-1 over both legs.
Earlier this week, Celtic also went out of the competition after losing their play-off against Kazakh club Kairat Almaty on penalties.
Both Glasgow teams will now go into Friday's Europa League draw instead.
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After the match, Rangers manager Russell Martin described his team's result as "humiliating and painful," adding that it was "probably the toughest night" of his career.
"To the fans, I have nothing but an apology," he added. "I'm very sorry they had to witness that.
"There's disappointment and hurt that they've had to go through that."
However he remained optimistic about the future and said that the team would learn from their mistakes.
"It doesn't change the fact I think we will progress, move forward and grow," Martin explained.
What happened in the match?

Club Brugge went into the match with a 3-1 advantage from the first leg.
And the Belgian side got off to a great start, scoring their first goal on the night after just five minutes.
Things went from bad to worst for Rangers, after Max Aarons was shown a straight red in the eighth minute, meaning the Glasgow team went down to ten men.
Club Brugge made the most of their extra player and scored four more goals in the first half, taking a 5-0 lead into half-time.
In the second half, Club Brugge got another goal to seal a huge 6-0 win.
The result equalled Rangers' worst ever European defeat in history.
Rangers now drop down to the Europa League and they will discover their opponents on Friday afternoon, when the draw for the competition takes place in Monaco.