Rangers beat Hibs to close gap on leaders Celtic
Rangers closed the gap on Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic with a dominant 3-0 win against Hibernian on Wednesday.
Ridvan Yilmaz put Rangers ahead in the 30th minute with a powerful finish as the Turkish defender bagged his first goal for the Glasgow club.
Todd Cantwell doubled the lead just before the break at Easter Road, thundering a fierce strike past David Marshall for his third goal in five matches.
Rıdvan Yılmaz
Hibernian 0-1 Rangers
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Cyriel Dessers added Rangers' third goal with a close-range finish in the 74th minute to take his tally for the season to 11.
Philippe Clement's second-placed side are now five points behind Old Firm rivals Celtic with a game in hand.
David Keltjens scored on his debut to earn St Johnstone a 1-1 draw against Aberdeen after his skipper Liam Gordon twice fell foul of dubious VAR decisions.
Gordon was penalised for a foul on Jamie McGrath after Graham Carey thought he had volleyed Saints in front in the 49th minute.
And the defender was again adjudged to have committed a foul after John Beaton was called to his monitor by video assistant Steven Kirkland for a second time to review an incident in the other area.
Bojan Miovski took advantage as he converted the 62nd-minute penalty.
But Keltjens punished poor goalkeeping from Kelle Roos to head home in the 78th minute as Aberdeen missed the chance to move into the top six.
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