Rangers failed to win on the opening day for the third consecutive season with a drab 1-1 draw against Motherwell at Fir Park this evening.
Rangers started the match brightly with James Tavernier and Djeidi Gassama both coming close inside the opening minutes.
The captain would open the scoring for Rangers, heading home at the back post from a delightful Joe Rothwell corner.
With all the new bodies around the club it was the longest serving player to kick us off with his first goal of the season, and our first domestic strike under new head coach Russell Martin.
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Rangers would have chances to put the game away, but in the second half the Steelmen would fight back and force Jack Butland into a series of good stops.
The new style of play under Martin would show signs of promise throughout but would also see nervy moments, with the Ibrox side losing possession in dangerous areas on a few occasions.
Motherwell would equalise with a sucker punch goal near the end. Emmanuel Longelo would latch onto a knockdown and fire past Butland.
There were calls of a handball but these were to no avail as VAR confirmed the goal.
Rangers would push late on for a winner with Oscar Cortes just unable to meet a Nedim Bajrami cutback and the hosts were able to clear.
Butland secured Rangers at least a point with a strong save to deny Tom Sparrow in stoppage time.
A frustrating afternoon and a lot of work still to be done not only on the training pitch but in the transfer market over the next month.