Chris Sutton reacts to Russell Martin’s interview after Rangers held to 1-1 draw vs Motherwell | OneFootball

Rangers started their 2025-26 Scottish Premiership campaign today with a 1-1 draw against Motherwell at Fir Park, and manager Russell Martin was not a happy man after the match.

Rangers captain James Tavernier put the visitors ahead 14 minutes into the game, but the Ibrox club were unable to leave with all three points as they were pegged back in the 87th minute.

It was far from an impressive performance from the Gers, and it is not an ideal way to begin a new season.

Martin was displeased with what he saw from Rangers, making his feelings very clear after the game and blasting some of his players.

Chris Sutton was impressed with the frankness of the Light Blues boss, taking to social media platform X to react thus to it.

Rangers are back in action on Tuesday when they host Viktoria Plzen in the first-leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League, and Martin will be expecting an instant response from his men.

They return to domestic action next Saturday against Dundee and a victory will come in handy in their first home league game of the season.

Celtic take on St. Mirren tomorrow and could establish a two-point lead over Rangers very early into the season, and it is clear to see why Martin was angry at his players.

They simply need to put in better performances if they are serious about challenging the Hoops for the title this season, and their boss will be desperate to see much-needed changes from them going forward.

He has signed Lyall Cameron, Djeidi Gassama, Thelo Aasgaard, Manny Fernandez, Nasser Djiga, Max Aarons, Mikey Moore and Joe Rothwell so far this summer, but he clearly needs more players with character, and more arrivals could be on the way in the coming days.