Genk

British

/ xɛŋk /

noun

a town in NE Belgium, in Limburg province: coal-mining. Pop: 106 213 (2004 est)

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In between, there was a narrow defeat by Genk in which Rangers played 50 minutes with 10 men.

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Those disparaging words tumbled out of the mouths of several former Rangers players inside Ibrox on Thursday after the Europa League defeat by Genk - a fourth in their past seven games under Russell Martin.

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He claimed they were "in Genk's box a lot, had good control and were aggressive" - a statement that took aback former Rangers midfielder Andy Halliday.

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Against Genk, it was Mohamed Diomande, whose "sheer stupidity" - in the words of former Rangers midfielder Derek Ferguson - hampered his side's hopes of building any sort of momentum from their weekend win against Hibs.

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Martin said his side were in control early on, but many would argue otherwise given Genk's quick start and the penetrative runs of Zakaria El Ouahdi, in particular.

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