Rangers on brink of CL exit after 2-0 defeat in Belgium | GvB: We were lucky!

Giovanni van Bronckhorst admitted Rangers were "lucky" to only lose 2-0 in their third qualifying round tie at Union Saint-Gilloise which leaves their Champions League hopes at severe risk.

Teddy Teuma scored the Belgian side's first European goal in 58 years during the first half before Dante Vanzeir converted a second-half penalty after Connor Goldson, following a VAR check, was adjudged to have handled the ball in the area.

Jon McLaughlin made an important late save to deny Vanzeir before James Tavernier cleared off the visitors' line in injury time to keep Rangers in the tie, but they still have it all to do in the second leg next week if they are to reach the group stage.

"It was very disappointing. We were a little bit lucky that it was only 2-0 even though the penalty decision - I was surprised he gave a penalty," Van Bronckhorst told Premier Sports. "We have so much at stake with all the clubs involved in the competition, you want to make the right decisions. We couldn't do anything else with the deflection, with the handball.

"The penalty was given, they scored and the most important thing now is to reflect on our own game because we need to change it around next Tuesday and we need to change it around big time, and the performance needs to be a lot better than we showed today."

Rangers started brightly with Borna Barisic drawing a fine save from keeper Anthony Moris, who then saved long-distance drives from James Sands and new signing Malik Tillman.

But USG came alive when Vanzeir slid a cross from Simon Adingra, on loan from Brighton, just past the near post before captain Teuma's drive which found its way past McLaughlin.

Bart Nieuwkoop drove inches wide of McLaughlin's left-hand post from the edge of the