Late own goal hands http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314 a win against Kilmarnock - Scottish Premier League Update
Rangers beat Kilmarnock 2-1 in a Scottish Premier League encounter at the Ibrox Stadium on Sunday evening. Rangers now remain only two points behind leaders Celtic and also have an extra game in hand.
Rangers made several changes to their starting line-up from a stalemate draw against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nikica-Jelavic-c27906 and El Hadji Diouf started upfront in a 4-4-2 formation for the hosts. On the other hand, Kilmarnock made two changes to their team that
beat Heart of Midlothian 2-0 last weekend. William Gros started upfront in a 4-5-1 formation for the visitors.
Both teams took a cautious approach in the opening exchanges and played the ball in their own halves. The first real chance of the game fell to the visitors in the seventh minute, when Jamie Hamill’s corner found David Silva but the Portuguese midfielder
fired his shot wide of the post.
Moments later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Anssi-Jaakkola-c6181 to deny the hosts. The Gers dominated the game and had a lion’s share of possession. They had a wonderful opportunity
to take the lead, when a free kick from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Davis-c34191 fell to Diouf but the striker fired it wide from five yards.
The hosts opened the scoring in the 39th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Whittaker-c34215 found Diouf inside the penalty area and the Senegalese forward almost stumbled over the ball but buried his low shot into the goal to make it 1-0. Just before the half time whistle,
the hosts had a wonderful chance to double their advantage. Jelavic dispossessed Craig Bryson from a dangerous position but his weak effort was easily saved by the goalkeeper.
Immediately after the resumption of second half, Garry Hay received the first yellow card of the evening, when he brought down http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Madjid-Bougherra-c23033 near the corner flag. Just before the hour mark, Kilmarnock were awarded a penalty kick when Silva was tripped
inside the box by Edu. Jamie Hamill smashed a powerful shot into the top corner of the net to make it 1-1.
Moments later, Rangers had a great chance to restore their lead when Diouf’s free kick was headed centimetres wide of the post by Bartley. The Blues worked hard to find an equaliser but could not hold onto their chances. Just before the full time whistle,
Kilmarnock defender Tim Clancy put the ball into his own net from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vladimir-c36322 Weiss’s cross to make it 2-1 for Ranger.
Rangers deserved the goal after a wonderful display throughout the second half, as Kilmarnock slumped to their 11th defeat of the season.
Kilmarnock will play Motherwell in their next fixture on 19th March, while Rangers will play Dundee United on 2nd April.
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