Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland insists improvement isn't far away

Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland says it’s important to put defeat to Genk in the past and look forward, as “incredible moments” are close.

The Ibrox side’s horrendous start to the season continued on Wednesday with a 1-0 loss to the Belgian side in their Europa League opener. The team are still winless in the league and head coach Russell Martin is under serious pressure with fans demanding he is sacked.

Butland, who saved a penalty from former Celtic striker Oh before conceding the only goal of the game, accepts that the results have been tough to take but says the only way for him to deal with them is to put them behind him and look forward.

“You can’t win them all,” he said. “That’s no consolation, but it’s you know what you’re gonna do about it? I’m incredibly gutted about tonight.

“It’s not how we want to start at all in this competition and goes the same with how we’ve started in the league.

“But for me, the easiest thing for me to do is address it this evening and bury it, because we’ve got to go again on Sunday and win a game. That’s something which I feel quite capable of, quite easy to do, because all that matters now is Livi.”

Rangers travel to Almondvale determined to pick up their first three points in the Premiership and climb the table but Butland says they will need to focus to get through the difficulties because “incredible moments” are achievable.

“There’s Livi on Sunday and getting a win,” he said. “It’s the mentality the boys need to have.

“It’s difficult. The tough moment here are really tough, but the incredible moments are close.

“And they’re never that far away, so we need to get to that.”