Rangers continued their dismal begin to the Scottish Premiership season by drawing 1-1 at dwelling to Dundee.
A James Tavernier penalty in stoppage-time salvaged a degree for the Gers at Ibrox after the guests led early within the second half.
Russell Martin’s facet completed the match with ten males as Nasser Djiga was proven a straight crimson card for a last-man foul.
And the outcome has left Rangers with simply two factors from their first two Scottish Premiership fixtures this season.
It is the primary time since 1989 that the Scottish giants haven’t received their opening two league matches.
Rangers got here so near avoiding making undesirable historical past as Cyriel Dessers netted with simply moments remaining to make it 2-1.
Nonetheless, after a VAR evaluate, the purpose didn’t stand on account of Dessers being offside within the build-up.
Out of all 20 photographs they took in opposition to Dundee, the best whole in a Premiership match this season, solely 5 had been on track.
In addition they tried 709 passes, their highest whole in a single league match for the reason that starting of final season.
What did Russell Martin say after Rangers drew with Dundee
Chatting with BBC Scotland, Martin mentioned: “I am disillusioned we did not win the sport, disillusioned that we conceded a very poor purpose.
“There was simply basic lethargy and no pace within the first half. There wasn’t sufficient intent to disrupt them till we went down to 10 males.
“The mentality was significantly better when it comes to aggression and pace with and with out the ball, but it surely should not take that.
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“I am happy with the response of the group once we went down to 10 males and we may’ve received the sport ultimately however the mentality has to come back from the very first kick of the match.
“In hindsight, I ought to’ve made some modifications to inject that power within the group however I defined my resolution earlier than the sport and perhaps I may’ve modified that now the sport is completed.
“We’re studying in regards to the group on a regular basis, in order that’s a lesson learnt in the present day. We’ve to guarantee that aggression is there on a regular basis.
“The followers have lacked the success they need for fairly a while so I perceive the frustration. I did not get too excessive on Tuesday so we’re not going to get too low in the present day.
“We will give the followers one thing to cheer about and we are going to get higher and higher. We did not lose in the present day and we are going to enhance, it will simply take a while.
“Nico Raskin was nice when he recreation on, he tackled greater than the entire group. We want at assault the whole lot, it took us too lengthy to assault the sport tonight.”
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Saturday’s outcome follows their 1-1 draw in opposition to Motherwell on the opening weekend of the 2025/26 marketing campaign.
Martin has overseen 5 fixtures in all competitions since he was introduced as the brand new Rangers head coach in June.
And he is been no stranger in hitting the headlines after being despatched off in a pre-season match in opposition to Middlesbrough following after a half-time dispute with match official John Beaston.
In the meantime, Martin advised his squad to drop their ego following their draw to Motherwell final week.
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