Kilmarnock 2 – 4 Rangers

Barry Ferguson made a dramatic begin at Rangers as they got here from two targets down at Kilmarnock to safe victory in his first Scottish Premiership recreation as interim boss.

The previous captain mentioned the prospect to steer his membership was a dream, however early targets from Joe Wright and Brad Lyons threatened to show it right into a nightmare.

Clinton Nsiala was hooked after simply half an hour and it was an impressed change because the guests rallied with Vaclav Cerny slotting in earlier than the break.

There have been the standard missed possibilities from Cyriel Dessers early on, however the striker’s second-half double turned the Rangers’ followers jeers to cheers with Nedim Bajrami coming off the bench to wrap up the victory with a fourth late on.

Rangers are again to trailing Celtic by 13 factors, Kilmarnock are tenth.

Ferguson brings combating spirit to Rangers

It was a case of latest faces, outdated frailties for Rangers as they regarded to bounce again from a turbulent few days following Philippe Clement’s departure.

The house aspect pressured a sequence of corners and from an Eleventh-minute Fraser Murray supply the unmarked Wright bulleted a header previous Butland, with marker Robin Propper eased apart.

And three minutes later Lyons intercepted a brief cross again from Gers midfielder Nicolas Raskin, moved ahead and curled the ball from 20 yards previous Butland.

The guests have been all over.

Killie striker Marley Watkins missed two nice possibilities earlier than Ferguson introduced on Ridvan Yilmaz for Nsiala, with the Turkish left-back shifting to right-back and skipper James Tavernier shifting inside to companion Propper.

Dessers ought to have decreased the deficit within the thirty fourth minute however his shot from 4 yards was blocked by defender Lewis Mayo.

However moments later Cerny slipped the ball underneath O’Hara after racing on to a Mohamed Diomande cross and Rangers have been again within the recreation.

Killie wobbled till the break then got here out re-energised, solely to concede a second within the 53rd minute when Dessers headed previous O’Hara from skipper James Tavernier’s dipping nook.

And the Nigeria striker put the rejuvenated guests forward within the 62nd minute when he took a looking out Yilmaz cross and volleyed in from 16 yards, racing to the Gers followers behind the objective to rejoice.

The Ayrshire aspect responded and within the 76th minute Butland did nicely to push a bouncing shot from Corrie Ndaba away from hazard, with O’Hara beating away a speculative drive from Igamane on the different finish.

Minutes after coming off the bench and with the house defence vast open, Bajrami took a cross from Diomande and drove previous O’Hara to seal the factors that had regarded unlikely after half an hour.

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