Barry Ferguson made a dramatic begin at Rangers as they got here from two objectives down at Kilmarnock to safe victory in his first Scottish Premiership recreation as interim boss.
The previous captain stated the possibility to guide his membership was a dream, however early objectives 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 same old 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 recent faces, previous frailties for Rangers as they appeared to bounce again from a turbulent few days following Philippe Clement’s departure.
The house aspect compelled 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.
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Joe Wright’s header put Kilmarnock 1-0 up towards Rangers
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 had been in every single place.
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Brad Lyons’ nice end put Kilmarnock 2-0 up towards Rangers as Barry Ferguson’s first match in cost acquired off to a nasty begin
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 associate 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 had been again within the recreation.
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Cyriel Dessers’ header acquired Rangers again within the recreation towards Kilmarnock
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 have a good time.
The Ayrshire aspect responded and within the 76th minute Butland did effectively 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.
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Nedim Bajrami acquired Rangers’ fourth of the evening to place them 4-2 up towards Kilmarnock
Minutes after coming off the bench and with the house defence broad open, Bajrami took a cross from Diomande and drove previous O’Hara to seal the factors that had appeared unlikely after half an hour.
