Rangers become worst Champions League team ever after conceding 22 group goals
Rangers were left with the worst ever Champions League group stage record after their 3-1 defeat to Ajax at Ibrox ended a nightmare return to the competition.
The Glasgow giants were back at the highest level of European football after a 12-year absence but ended up losing twice to Ajax, Liverpool and Napoli.
Rangers conceded 22 times and scored only twice for a goal difference of -20 – which is the worst of any side who have lost all six matches in the history of the competition.
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Having started with a 4-0 defeat in the Netherlands, Rangers lost 3-0 at home to Napoli and 2-0 at Anfield before scoring their first goal in game four.
Scott Arfield's strike came before Liverpool scored seven in Scotland, with a 3-0 defeat in Italy followed by the 3-1 Ajax loss this week in which James Tavernier scored a penalty.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst was understandably disappointed by the performance in their last group game, as well as the six games as a whole.
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Speaking to BT Sport, he said: "To compete against Ajax we needed to have the pressure moments but we weren't able to create those moments. We lacked a little bit of energy to keep pressing high.
"Well, they had six days off – their league is thinking about their players. They played their last game on Wednesday and they come here really fresh.
"We, of course, we played a game and have some injuries. We tried but these are teams that are competing for several years at this level. It's our first after 12 years."
The run comes after Rangers went all the way to the Europa League final last season with wins over Borussia Dortmund, Braga and RB Leipzig along the way.
Despite the heartbreak of losing on penalties to Eintracht Frankfurt, Rangers reached the Champions League this time out after playoff ties against Union Saint-Gilloise and PSV.
Focus now returns to the Scottish Premiership, with Rangers sitting four points behind rivals Celtic after 12 matches.
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