Rangers 3 – 0 Kilmarnock

By: sazmclean | November 21st, 2009

Rangers went back to the top of the table today after a 3-0 win at Ibrox. Kris Boyd, Kenny Miller and Steven Whittaker scored all three goals in the first half.

Miller and Thomson were back in the squad with long-term injury lay-offs Edu, Broadfoot and Mendes remaining sidelined. Danny Wilson, with a man of the match performance, retained his place in the squad following Bougherra’s failure to report back on time from international duty (for the third time).

Kris Boyd (complete with porn-star moustache) opened the goal scoring with a well-taken finish in the seventh minute of the game. Minutes later an energetic Boyd found the back of the net again but it was ruled offside.

McGregor had his fair share of saves in the first half but retained a well-deserved clean sheet for the duration of the match.

Kenny Miller scored the second goal just before the 25minute mark, bringing the score to 2-0. Whittaker secured the 3-0 win just before half-time.

After the break the game lost energy, most notably when Boyd was subbed for Kyle Lafferty. Boyd had made probably one of his greatest performances in a Rangers shirt today and his influence over the game was noticeable in his absence after the 70th minute.

Kevin Thomson was the only Gers player to come close to bringing the score up to 4-0 but his shot in the last five minutes of the game hit the post.

Scorers:

Boyd 7
Miller 24
Whittaker 35

Team Line-Ups:

Rangers: Allan McGregor, Steven Whittaker, David Weir, Danny Wilson, Sasa Papac, Steven Davis, Lee McCulloch, Kevin Thomson, Steven Naismith (65), Kris Boyd (70), Kenny Miller (73)

Jamie Ness, Neil Alexander, Nacho Novo (65), Steven Smith, Andrew Little, John Fleck (73), Kyle Lafferty (70)

Kilmarnock: Mark Brown, James Fowler, Frazer Wright, Ryan O’Leary, Garry Hay, Gavin Skelton (60), Craig Bryson, Manuel Pascali (75), Jamie Hamill, Kevin Kyle (66), David Fernandez

Iain Flannigan, Cameron Bell, Allan Russell (66), Mehdi Taouil (60), Steven Old, Graeme Owens (75), Liam Kelly