With only just his second game for Rangers, Nigerian forward Cyriel Dessers ensured his side had the upper hand in their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg tie over Servette. The former Feyenoord forward was on hand to tap in a fine cross from Borna Barisic after a flowing move that was started by John Souttar  to send Rangers 2-0 up in just 15 minutes of play.

However, the 28-year-old’s performace was almost greeted with groans and somewhat frustrations from the fans when he was judged to have handled the ball in the box after a brief VAR review in the 43rd minute. Chris Bedia converted from the spot to pull one back for Servette – who had barely had a shot.

The Rangers boss, Beale has however admitted to giving his forwards more time to adapt. He said:

“I’ll give our forwards [a break] at the moment because they’re new coming into the club and it’s early in the season, but if we keep creating chances like that then we have to take them if we’re to put teams away.

“We are not using it as an excuse but 13 players left and nine came in. We are not the sum of our parts right now but I thought we had more forward running and more energy.”

Rangers will travel to Switzerland for the second leg next week.