Danny Röhl Off To Losing Start At Rangers As Brann Cruise To Victory

Danny Röhl discovered Rangers’ problems tally deeper than erstwhile leader Russell Martin arsenic nan Light Blues were blitzed 3-0 by Brann successful Bergen. The 36-year-old German caput coach was installed arsenic Martin’s successor connected Monday pinch nan Gers sitting sixth successful nan Premiership and having mislaid their opening 2 games successful nan Europa League to Genk and Sturm Graz.

However, a caller era astatine Rangers continued on acquainted lines against a broadside 3rd successful nan Norwegian apical flight. Emil Kornvig scored 5 minutes earlier nan break to springiness Freyr Alexandersson’s broadside a deserved interval lead, Jacob Sørensen added a 2nd aft 55 minutes pinch Noah Holm firing successful a 3rd successful nan 79th minute, connected a nighttime erstwhile once again nan beleaguered Light Blues performed to an embarrassingly debased standard.

It seems location will beryllium nary speedy hole for Gers fans hopeless to spot nan Ibrox nine shingle themselves retired of their lethargy. With 5 remaining Europa League games against reliable opposition, advancement into nan knockout shape looks improbable and aft a sobering debut, nan erstwhile Sheffield Wednesday leader now has to hole his broadside to look Kilmarnock astatine Ibrox connected Sunday.

Röhl’s first squad action saw him bring successful defender Nasser Djiga and much-maligned 21-year-old striker Youssef Chermiti for Derek Cornelius and Bojan Miovski, who were some connected nan bench.

The sporting head Keven Thelwell had this week defended nan signing of unproven Chermiti for a reported interest of £8.5m from Everton and he recovered small joyousness pinch immoderate early touches and missed a first-half sitter but his teammates were nary better.

The location broadside looked much fluid and organised and successful nan 14th infinitesimal Eivind Helland headed a area wide earlier Jack Butland made a terrific prevention from Ulrik Mathisen’s point-blank header, aft he was group up by Holm.

Butland past parried Bård Finne’s angled thrust earlier Holm fired complete nan barroom but Rangers came backmost and Norway world Thelo Aasgaard miskicked 14 yards from extremity aft taking a walk from James Tavernier. There was much profligacy erstwhile Chermiti meekly headed a curling Nicolas Raskin transverse into nan hands of Mathias Dyngeland.

The Norwegian broadside had regained power erstwhile Finne raced into nan container pinch Tavernier obscurity to beryllium seen but though he took a mediocre touch arsenic defender John Souttar challenged, nan shot moved past Butland pinch Kornvig first location to sound it into nan net.

It was much of nan aforesaid aft nan break for Rangers and nan 2nd extremity was soon conceded, aft Oliver Antman conceded a foul wide connected nan left. When Finne coiled nan free-kick into nan container Sørensen easy sewage distant from Jayden Meghoma to sound nan shot past Butland.

Antman made measurement for Mikey Moore, who flashed a transverse from Meghoma complete nan barroom from 12 yards but Holm was much objective from nan aforesaid region erstwhile a transverse from Vetle Dragsnes landed astatine his feet. For disappointment Gers fans, it was a caller look successful nan dugout but nan aforesaid aged frailties connected nan pitch.