Former Celtic striker Hyeon-Gyu Oh returned to Glasgow to hang-out 10-man Rangers as he scored the one purpose in Genk’s incident-packed 1-0 Europa League win at Ibrox.
The South Korea worldwide had a first-half penalty saved, hit the winner after 55 minutes and later had a tap-in chalked off after he strayed offside.
Rangers – who had Mohamed Diomande despatched off after 41 minutes – didn’t muster a shot on track after the thirty fourth minute and have been booed off when the ultimate whistle was blown.
The consequence will increase the strain on Russell Martin, whose facet have received 4 of their first 14 video games in all competitions this time period.
Genk have been those asking questions for a lot of the primary half at Ibrox, with Zakaria El Ouahdi proving a thorn in Jayden Meghoma’s facet on the correct. Oh flashed his connection on a harmful ball in from the right-back over the bar from six yards; Patrik Hrosovky hit the submit from an analogous distance shortly afterwards.
That mentioned, Rangers may need been forward had it not been for an unimaginable goal-line clearance from Genk captain to hook John Souttar’s goalbound header away.
Rangers then appealed for a penalty when a James Tavernier header struck the outstretched arm of Joris Kayembe, however after he was despatched to the VAR display screen, referee Matej Jug upheld his determination of no penalty, owing to an obvious push from Tavernier on Kayembe.
Inside three minutes, the hosts have been diminished to 10 males. Diomande’s sort out caught El Ouahdi above the ankle and he was proven a straight crimson card. He lingered by the tunnel, hoping for VAR intervention, but it surely didn’t come.
To spherical off the first-half drama, Genk have been awarded a penalty after a second VAR assessment, with Tavernier having clipped Yaimar Medina as he minimize into the field from the left. Oh prevented Butland’s gaze as he ready to take the spot-kick, however the former England goalkeeper made a robust save to disclaim him.
However Oh lastly scored the purpose he had been hoping for early within the second half. Jarne Steuckers’ sensible ball discovered him utterly unmarked and he was in a position to end clinically beneath little strain.
He tapped in a second with 20 minutes to play, which was rapidly dominated out, however in the long run, only one was sufficient.
Souttar: Gamers pissed off, identical to the followers
Rangers’ John Souttar chatting with TNT Sports activities:
“Frustrating night. I thought we started the game pretty well, had a few chances. The sending off makes it difficult. Second half, we tried to play high, tried to get a few chances and we had a few, but it’s frustrating.
“If I knew what was going fallacious, I would strive my finest to assist it. It is quite a few issues. It is tough to analyse it proper after the sport, so it is tough for me to reply that.
“When we get a goal early on here, it lifts the whole crowd. And if we don’t get that, it’s difficult.
“I perceive the frustrations; it is the very same in there. It isn’t like we’re on completely different pages. We will solely flip it round by performances and successful video games. We have to try this rapidly.”
