Boos roll on for Gers

Rangers 0 Hearts 2

- By Ronnie Esplin

FURIOUS Rangers fans again turned on Russell Martin after a 2-0 defeat to Hearts at Ibrox left the Light Blues still looking for their first league win after five games.

There were only nine minutes on the clock when Gers fans began to chant the name of Nicolas Raskin, the Belgium midfielder left out of the squad amid an ongoing dispute with the Rangers boss.

The home supporters first turned on their manager when Jambos skipper Lawrence Shankland drove the visitors ahead in the 22nd minute and they sporadically targeted him during the rest of another dismal performance.

Rangers stepped it up after the break after making changes but, after seeing his 82nd-minute penalty saved by Gers keeper Jack Butland, Shankland netted the rebound for Hearts’ first win at Ibrox in 11 years to take them nine points clear of the home side.

Martin was not a popular appointment in the summer and his rating with the Gers support plummeted further after four successive draws in the league and being bundled out of the Champions League qualifiers by Club Brugge on a 9-1 aggregate.

The international break had allowed the under-fire former Southampton boss to bolster his squad.