We'll leave it there.

Rangers open their Europa League campaign with a 1-0 defeat at home to Genk, who are currently 14th in the Belgian top flight.

The hosts lost Mohamed Diomande to a red card just before half-time and then had a reprieve when Jack Butland saved a penalty from Oh Hyeon-gyu.

However, the former Celtic striker would have the final say, beating Butland in the 55th minute when Rangers were caught short in defence.

It leaves Rangers head coach Russell Martin under intense pressure with a record of just four wins from 14 games, although he insists he has the backing of the club's American owners.

When asked to elaborate on his comment of "now we've got to accept what's to come" Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland added: "Just in terms of the disappointment of everybody. The fans, what we're going to have to look at, we're going to have to go through it again tomorrow.

"You want to be finishing this game positive, going into tomorrow in high spirit, so it's to go through that process again of dissecting what we did wrong and then getting yourself up for the next game.

"That's what we want to try and avoid.

"I've been here in times where it's difficult, and I've also been here in times where we've won countless games in a row, and it's a feeling that this group's not experienced yet.

"Tonight was an opportunity we could have done that, going into the weekend and start to build some momentum.

"That's the difficult thing, from my perspective, it's knowing what can happen when we start to get on a run here.

"Maybe for the group as a whole, we haven't experienced that yet this year, which is something we need to experience really quick."

Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland: "It's obviously not the way we wanted to start the competition at all.

"There were some bright moments to start with, but obviously we've gone down to 10, given away some opportunities, and in Europe, playing against teams with 10 men is difficult.

"In saying that, we didn't go under, we didn't fall apart, but not enough good stuff there tonight. Not enough opportunities created, 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."

Steven Thompson
Former Rangers & Scotland striker on Sportsound

How long are we going to keep hearing 'we're going to get there' for?

Andy Halliday
Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound

I'm surprised he said Rangers were aggressive.

I didn't see an aggression and I certainly didn't see them create chances.

Steven Thompson
Former Rangers & Scotland striker on Sportsound

There was a lack of energy in Russell Martin's press conference.

You could feel that it was getting to him. There was an acceptance there, he knows he's under pressure.

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"The red card changed the game a lot," repeats Rangers head coach Russell Martin in his media conference.

"I was looking forward to getting to half-time and getting a few key points across.

"We didn't look after the ball anywhere near well enough. We defended too deep but I thought we rode that out. We looked like we were getting a bit of control back but then [Mohamed] Diomande gets sent off.

"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. I'm frustrated, the red card changed a lot but I'm proud of the players in the second half.

"I think we should have had a penalty [for handball]. I don't think [James] Tavernier affects the defender. I thought when the referee went to the screen he was giving a penalty to us.

"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."

When asked what gave him the belief they can turn things around, Martin adds: "The way the players train, the way they stuck together in the second half, the feeling in the training ground. I can't control. anything outside of that.

"We will work, learn from tonight but also have a bit of perspective then get ready to prepare and perform and win on Saturday."

On whether he still has the support of the club to continue as manager, he says: "I don't think the game tonight, when we were down to 10 men for so long, changes that. I feel nothing but support from them."

It counts for nothing tonight, but since May 2024, Jack Butland has faced six penalties across all competitions (excluding shootouts) and has saved five of them, which is remarkable.

St Mirren's Oisin Smyth, currently on loan at Partick Thistle, is the only player to get a spot-kick past the Rangers keeper in that sequence.

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More from Rangers head coach Russell Martin on TNT Sports:

On whether he was proud of the result: "I'm not talking about the result, I'm talking about the performance.

"We had moments as well, we were in their box a lot, when we had that control for 20/25 minutes."

On why they lost control: "We trap ourselves, we don't show enough intensity to receive the ball and find the other half of the pitch and it hurts a bit.

"We were playing against a team who set up well but we should do better with the ball and look after it better. But it's about habits.

"It was fine when we were going well, then we have a wobble and the habits change a little bit and it all goes a bit default so we have to change that into habits that are right for us all the time.

On how far away they are from a 90-minute performance: "I don't think we're far. I think we'll learn and grow from tonight with 10 men for so long.

On winning over the supporters: "The only thing that'll impact that is winning matches. I think inside the building they've been amazing and we just need to focus on that."

Rangers head coach Russell Martin tells TNT Sports: "It's difficult because we were down to 10 men for so long.

"We had good control in the first bit of the game then had a tough spell where we had to defend for a bit because we weren't good enough or clean enough with the ball.

"I thought we rode that out then Dio gets sent off and it changes the game.

"The lads, I thought, were good second half. They looked a threat on the break, wanted to take the ball, stuck together, wanted to be aggressive to cause them problems as well then they score a goal which we shouldn't concede.

"We have them in the corner, we should probably foul or at least take the ball and then a couple of bad decisions later it's a goal.

"They stuck at it, I'm proud of that in the second half with 10 men for so long against a decent team which isn't easy. It is what it is."

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Since the beginning of the 2018-19 season, only Lazio and Ludogorets Razgrad (both eight) have been shown more red cards than Rangers (seven) in the Europa League.

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It's a first win for Genk against British opposition in Europe at the seventh attempt.

It's also their first clean sheet in 11 games this season.

Match-winner Oh Hyeon-gyu joined in the celebrations among the 650 or so Genk fans inside Ibrox.

The former Celtic striker hammered a golden chance over the crossbar and had a woeful penalty saved by Jack Butland in the first half, but he kept going and got his reward on 55 minutes.

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Steven Thompson
Former Rangers & Scotland striker on Sportsound

It's clearly not working.

Players are looking at each other asking 'what do we do?'

It looks like they've run out of ideas.

Somebody needs to take the bull by the horns, but it's concerning until someone does that.

Ally McCoist
Former Rangers striker on TNT Sports

The manager is in big trouble.

Something has to change, and something has to change dramatically.

This can't go on for long. If people around the stadium don't support you, there's no point.

John Souttar might have been celebrating the opening goal if it hadn't been for this incredible goal-line clearance from Genk captain Bryan Heynen.

Seems like a long time ago now...

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Rangers defender John Souttar tells TNT Sports: "Frustrating night.

"I thought we started the game pretty well. The sending off makes it difficult. In the second half we tried to play high and we had a few chances but yes it's frustrating.

"If I knew what was going wrong I'd try my best to help. It's difficult to analyse it right after the game.

"I understand the fans' frustrations, we're the exact same. We can only turn it round by performances and winning games and we need to do that quickly."