VAR<\/a> deemed it a good tackle.<\/p>\nThings were getting tense. For both sides. And it all got too much for Killie boss Stuart Kettlewell who was red carded by Kevin Clancy for booting a water bottle in frustration. His temper wouldn\u2019t have been helped in the stand when Butland was given the benefit of the doubt moments later after racing out his box and clattering through Anderson after Barron\u2019s short passback.<\/p>\n
And Moore sub Moore put the game to bed on 81 minutes. Raskin won the ball and fed Meghoma whose pass released Moore to roll Lewis Mayo and bend a wonderful effort into the far corner. Moore could have had a second moments later too. But his deft finish four a fourth was ruled out for a foul by Fernandez on Watson in the build-up.<\/p>\n
Here’s 5 talking points from Rugby Park.<\/p>\n
Is that Miovski?<\/p>\n
Bojan Miovski has been desperate for lift off on his Gers career after a barren run that had brought just two goals in 19 previous appearances. The North Macedonian has shown none of the spark that made him one of the Premiership\u2019s deadliest frontmen at Aberdeen. But this might just be the spark. His opener was all about striker\u2019s instinct as he poked home in a congested area. No time to think just pure reaction. Maybe he\u2019s been overthinking things. HIs second was a confident, clinical and classy finish as he wrong-footed Oluwayemi. Rohl will be hoping the double is exactly what the man who could eventually cost \u00a34.2m through add ons needs to get firing.<\/p>\n
Plastic not quite fantastic<\/p>\n
This Danny Rohl\u2019s first game on an artificial surface since he was an academy coach at Leipzig a decade ago.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t quite plastic fantastic. But it will more than do for a side that had looked bereft of confidence and quality in recent outings. The away support belting out the German\u2019s name for long spells in the second half told the story of a decent night\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
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Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland dives at the feet of Kilmarnock’s Bruce Anderson <\/p>\n
Rangers deserved the win over the piece, in Miovski they had the one clinician in front of goal. But after getting two ahead they still failed to control the victory without nervy moments. Indeed had it not been for a superb Jack Butland save midway through the second half Killie could have found themselves right back in the game. Nassr Djiga and Manny Fernandez continue to look nervous at the back. But the introduction of Moore and his classy goal to secure the points meant Gers eventually eased to the three points.<\/p>\n
Nine not fine<\/p>\n
Not an evening to remember for Stuart Kettlewell who was constantly in the fourth official\u2019s ear and eventually saw red after blootering a water bottle in frustration.<\/p>\n
Killie were eight without a victory heading into this but their resilience to snatch a late point away to leaders Hearts in midweek felt as good as a win and had confidence sweeping back into Stuart Kettlewell\u2019s players.<\/p>\n
They started with a four at the back four, looked comfortable in their shape and caused Rangers problems with Bruce Anderson\u2019s industry and Marcus Dackers\u2019 height. But Miovski\u2019s opener appeared to knock the wind from their sails. They rallied after the break and were unlucky not to cut the deficit through Anderson before Rangers picked them off. But the sight of Killie sitting level 11th will have alarm bells ringing loud and clear.<\/p>\n
Moore the merrier<\/p>\n
Rangers injury woes might have looked to have got worse when Nedim Bajrami limped off after just 20 minutes with what appeared to be a hamstring issue. But the sight of Mikey Moore climbing off the bench for his first appearance in a month would have been warming. Not half as much as his goal that put the gloss on the win. His turn and bending finish was quality and another example of what\u2019s been lacking in the final third for Gers in recent weeks. The Spurs teenager was desperately unlucky to see another brilliant finish ruled out for Fernandez\u2019s foul moments later too.<\/p>\n
Late night turn off<\/p>\n
The arrival of the 8pm Saturday night kick offs for Sky TV have been as popular as that cheeky Killie fan that joined the Ayr United youth team\u2019s lap of honour at Somerset Park last week.<\/p>\n
And again the impact it has on the home attendance at Rugby Park was there for all to see. Large swathes of all three home stands remained empty in full view of the TV cameras. Not a great look for your game. The away end was packed, as you\u2019d expect. But punters at the Premiership\u2019s other clubs are voting with their feet. It\u2019s hard to see who benefits.Rangers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The North Macedonian scored either side of the break to double the tally he\u2019d netted in his first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[32528,86566,218,54403,22723,2714,8058,101,64066,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-302963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-bojan-miovski","tag-danny-rohl","tag-football","tag-kilmarnock-fc","tag-mikey-moore","tag-rangers-fc","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-sports","tag-stuart-kettlewell","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Rangers’ Mikey Moore <\/p>\n