Rangers keep the pressure on
By: j | December 22nd, 2008
The Rangers kept the pressure on Celtic with a 1-0 victory over Hibernian on Saturday. While the Rangers controlled the run of play and pelted ‘keeper Yves Ma-Kalambay with numerous attempts it was not till a minute past the hour when Kris Boyd scored a brilliant scissors kick that Ibrox would rise for a goal. The Hibernian ‘keeper played a stunning match, holding Kris Boyd early and then began a match full of solid saves. Finally just past the hour mark Steven Davis’ corner was redirect by Kirk Broadfoot to Kris Boyd, who finished with a splashy scissors kick. With the lead, the Rangers pushed a hearty defensive effort throughout the balance of the match and the match ended with the 1-0 victory.
Walter Smith said after the match:
“This was a very important win for us today as we knew it would be a difficult game.
“Hibs came here on the back of two victories and have shown recently that they can defend well as a unit.
“Today we controlled the game but but they kept their shape and made it difficult for us to break them down.
“Obviously we were delighted when Kris finally scored and it was a great finish from him, we needed something special.
“His goals have been an important factor this season and today’s was no different.
“But after that the game opened up a little bit as you would expect and Hibs put us under a wee bit of pressure for the first time.
“However, I felt we dealt with that well and, overall, thoroughly deserved to take all three points.”
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