Late burst gives Rangers big win over Livingston

Kieran Dowell scored the prime of Rangers' goals successful 90th minute

Three precocious goals gave Rangers a comfy triumph implicit Livingston and their archetypal 3 Scottish Premiership points of the campaign.

Andrew Shinnie doubly tested goalkeeper Jack Butland arsenic Livingston pressed for parity aft the break.

But, precocious successful the game, Danilo's tidy header from a Borna Barisic cross, Abdallah Sima's close-range decorativeness and Kieran Dowell's stunning onslaught meant 4 players successful full got their archetypal Rangers goals.

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Lammers came into the crippled having missed an fantabulous accidental to enactment Rangers 3 up during Wednesday's 2-1 triumph implicit Servette but atoned for that with his opener and Jose Cifuentes thought helium excessively had a archetypal Rangers extremity astatine a corner. The Ecuadorian went for a header, got the interruption of the shot and slammed location but VAR ruled the effort retired for handball against the midfielder.

Cyriel Dessers headed implicit successful the archetypal fractional and had an effort deflected implicit successful the second, with Danilo drafting a prevention from Shamal George successful different Rangers attack.

The 2 Shinnie chances - a deflected changeable astatine a country and different debased effort from the near - gave Livi anticipation and location brag Michael Beale sent connected Rabbi Matondo and Abdallah Sima for Lammers and Dessers, meaning Danilo moved to a much acquainted cardinal striking role.

Matondo acceptable up Sima, who was denied by George and past Danilo got his infinitesimal with a downward header. Sima forced location astatine a country aft Danilo had deed the station and Dowell swept past George astatine the extremity of an enterprising Matondo run.

Player of the lucifer - Jose Cifuentes

Though incapable to people his Rangers debut with a goal, Jose Cifuentes tin bespeak connected a coagulated archetypal commencement successful a Rangers jersey

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A taxable of Rangers' pre- and aboriginal play matches has been 1 of a squad inactive gelling. This show showed much familiarity with summertime signings Cifuentes and Lammers linking up with much established players similar Cantwell.

The guardant area, though, is inactive a enactment successful advancement with respective attacks breaking down astatine the important infinitesimal but looking much assured erstwhile Danilo moved done the mediate with wingers either side. Ultimately, the effect was the astir important happening for Rangers pursuing past week's opening nonaccomplishment astatine Kilmarnock.

Livingston kept themselves successful the crippled and but for a John Souttar interception whitethorn person recovered themselves successful for a leveller aft the Shinnie efforts.

Scoring connected the roadworthy was a occupation for Livi past play and that inactive needs addressed, peculiarly if they are to propulsion into the apical six travel May.

What's next?

Rangers instrumentality their 2-1 pb to Switzerland for Tuesday's Champions League 3rd qualifying circular decider, with the lucifer unrecorded connected BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer. Greenock Morton astatine location successful the Viaplay Cup follows for the Ibrox broadside connected Saturday, erstwhile Livingston big Ayr United successful the 2nd round.