The boos returned to Ibrox as Rangers slumped to a fourth straight Europa League defeat to stay rooted to the underside of the desk.
Extra banners in opposition to the membership’s board had been unfurled as they did not recuperate from their League Cup defeat to Celtic.
Roma, who began the night time simply three factors forward of Danny Röhl’s facet, took the lead when Matias Soule knocked in Bryan Cristante’s ball with ease.
They doubled their lead earlier than half-time. Rangers’ defence switched off and Lorenzo Pellegrini curled the ball into the web.
Rangers are actually certainly one of solely two groups but to register some extent, and have conceded eight objectives whereas scoring simply as soon as.
European troubles proceed
Rangers followers look dejected as they watch one other Europa League defeat
Sunday’s Previous Agency loss was a setback for Röhl and he freshened up his facet on Thursday with Max Aarons, Mikey Moore, Djeidi Gassama and Connor Barron coming in as Derek Cornelius, Mohamed Diomande, Danilo and Thelo Aasgaard dropped out.
Roma, who had misplaced their final two Europa League fixtures, had been with out key gamers Evan Ferguson, Paulo Dybala, Angelino and Leon Bailey, however it didn’t have a detrimental impact on Gian Piero Gasperini’s facet
Ukraine striker Artem Dovbyk got here in to steer the road and the Serie A outfit took the lead after 13 minutes following sloppy play from Gers defender Jayden Meghoma which led to a Roma nook.
Pellegrini delivered from the appropriate, captain Cristante flicked on and Soule stole in on the again put up to attain.
It was too straightforward.
Moments later Rangers’ much-maligned striker Youssef Chermiti fired vast from an angle after a Roma mix-up earlier than Soule examined goalkeeper Jack Butland with a robust drive, Mario Hermoso heading over from the nook.
The Italian facet added a second when Dovbyk collected a move from Gianluca Mancini and, below little strain from defender John Souttar, laid the ball off to Pellegrini, who assuredly side-footed it previous Butland.
A fast-fire Gers retort noticed Mancini block a shot from Moore after Roma keeper Mile Svilar had spilled a Gassama cross.
AS Roma’s Lorenzo Pellegrini (centre) celebrates scoring to make it 2-0 in opposition to Rangers
When Aasgaard changed Meghoma for the beginning of the second half and Rangers went to a again 4, residence followers chanted in opposition to Kevin Thelwell and Patrick Stewart, each males getting extra criticism as the sport continued.
Within the 58th minute Moore drove simply vast of the far put up from the sting of the field, whereas Chermiti hit the side-netting with one other effort and Aasgaard fired a shot vast.
Roma launched a quick-fire assault within the 69th minute, however from two yards out Zeki Celik by some means managed to hit the bar from a Kostas Tsimikas knockdown and Butland gathered.
There was no extra drama as the sport fizzled out on what was one other sobering night time for Röhl and his Rangers facet.
‘We wish to win this sport sooner or later’
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Rangers head coach Danny Röhl is specializing in the long run after defeat to Roma left them backside of the Europa League with out a level after 4 video games.
Rangers head coach Danny Röhl:
“It’s disappointing, the result. We did, in some key moments, not the right things that we should do.
“I’ve stated this many instances, and I’ll repeat this, this sport in the mean time we have to develop in.
“We want to win this game in the future, but at the moment there are a lot of things that we have to increase.
“Within the second half, I modified the form and had yet one more participant greater on the pitch. I felt then till the seventy fifth minute that there may very well be one thing if we used one second to carry the assumption or the arrogance in a superb route.
“But we couldn’t, and then in the end it was a very experienced side we played.”
Dodgy defence proves expensive once more
Sky Sports activities’ Alison Conroy:
After 4 straight defeats it is going to take a monumental turnaround for Rangers to qualify for the knock-out stage of the Europa League.
Though not unimaginable, they might want to take one thing from their final 4 video games in opposition to Braga, Ludogorets, Ferencvaros and Porto to have any hope.
Defensive points are persevering with to plague them. They’ve conceded not less than two objectives in every of their video games within the competitors this season.
Danny Röhl has plenty of issues to unravel, however the vulnerability on the again should be a precedence. They give the impression of being panicked at set-pieces with Soule’s opener coming from a nook whereas John Souttar switched off for his or her second.
Subsequent up is Dundee on Sunday, stay on Sky Sports activities, as they give the impression of being to claw their manner right into a Premiership title race. They’re 14 factors behind leaders Hearts, albeit with a sport in hand, and 5 behind Celtic.
The followers are annoyed and wish to see extra positivity on the pitch.
