Alfredo Morelos completed a century of goals for the club as Rangers secured one of the narrow football scores of the weekend in the Scottish Premiership. The hosts shocked the league leaders when they took the lead with just four minutes on the clock through a long-range striker by Connor Ronan. The league leaders turned the game on its head with two quickfire goals less than two minutes between each goal. Kemar Roofe stepped up to dispatch a penalty before Morelos netted the winner.
Player ratings
St Mirren: Alnwick (6), Fraser (6), Shaughnessy (6), McCarthy (6), Millar (6), Power (6), Erhahon (6), Tanser (6), McGrath (6), Ronan (7), Brophy (7)
Subs: Tait (6), Flynn (6), Main (6)
Rangers: McLaughlin (7), Tavernier (8), Goldson (8), Balogun (7), Barisic (7), Aribo (6), Davis (6), Lundstram (6), Roofe (9), Hagi (8), Morelos (8)
Subs: Patterson (6), Sakala (7), Arfield (6)
Man of the match: Kemar Roofe
Managers Reaction
St Mirren boss Jim Goodwin: “Really disappointed not to have anything to show from what was a decent performance. We were comfortable and the disappointing thing for me was the manner of the goals we conceded. When you are playing against Rangers or Celtic, if they cut you open and play some fantastic free-flowing football you hold your hands up and say it was a good goal.”
Rangers boss Steven Gerrard: “That’s what we want our number nines to do, run through the goal. We know we have the service from the sides. It was a fantastic cross from James but 100 goals at any level for any club is a magnificent achievement. I said last week he will smash 100 and hopefully go on and get many more for Rangers. Kemar Roofe, 50th appearance, 26 goals, we’ve got two poachers/goal-scorers in our armory now which is fantastic for me.”
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