Objectives from Mohamed Diomande and Vaclav Cerny secured a 2-1 victory for Rangers towards St Mirren after struggling defeat of their final Scottish Premiership outing towards Kilmarnock.
A lacklustre begin from Philippe Clement’s facet was nearly punished by Toyosi Olusanya inside 10 minutes however the striker’s effort flew simply vast of the submit.
The hosts reacted instantly and took the lead by way of Diomande, who was available to poke the ball house after Ellery Balcombe parried a long-range effort from Connor Barron again into his personal penalty space.
St Mirren weren’t trailing for lengthy after discovering their equaliser by way of the unlikely supply of central defender Alex Gogic on the 26-minute mark.
The Cyprus worldwide latched onto an in-swinging nook from Mark O’Hara and left Jack Butland helpless because the Rangers keeper watched it cannon into the again of the online.
Boosted by the boldness of the equaliser, St Mirren thought that they had taken the lead shortly after the restart however Olusanya’s celebrations had been lower quick by the offside flag having slotted the ball between the legs of Butland.
Finish-to-end chaos would ensue however it was Rangers who regained the lead after substitute Cyriel Dessers lower the ball again to Cerny within the penalty space earlier than he fastidiously guided his effort house.
The Czech Republic winger regarded destined so as to add a second and seal the sport however was denied by the outstretched arm of Balcombe to maintain St Mirren’s hopes of one other equaliser alive.
Rangers wished a late penalty after Desser rounded the goalkeeper and went down within the space however there was no time for VAR to examine the incident because the referee blew for full-time.