Youssef Chermiti’s hat-trick helped Rangers sign off for the summer with a Scottish Premiership victory, as the visitors enjoyed a 5-2 final day win over Falkirk.<\/p>\n
A goal-laden first half paved the way for Danny Rohl’s side to end a four-game losing streak, while John McGlynn’s Falkirk ended an impressive first season back in the top flight with defeat.<\/p>\n
Rangers came flying out of the blocks and had the lead within three minutes. An attack down the left side saw the ball worked to Mikey Moore and he found Chermiti, who carried the ball into the box before firing in from a narrow angle.<\/p>\n
Four minutes later Rangers, and Chermiti, had a second. A ball into the Falkirk box was blocked but Chermiti controlled on his chest before letting fly with volley from the edge of the area that Falkirk goalkeeper Nicky Hogarth had no chance of stopping.<\/p>\n
Just as the visitors looked like running away with it, they allowed Falkirk a foothold. A back pass from Emmanuel Fernandez was chased down by Calvin Miller and, under pressure, Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland allowed the ball to slip under his foot watching in horror as it trundled over the line.<\/p>\n
Rangers reestablished their two-goal advantage before the half-hour mark. Chermiti turned provider, peeling off to collect the ball on the right wing before playing a low ball in to Gassama in the box. The attacker rolled his marker and then fired past Hogarth from close range.<\/p>\n
Falkirk pulled one back before half-time and they had Rangers midfielder Mohamed Diomande to thank, the defender’s handball in the box spotted by VAR giving the hosts a penalty. Calvin Miller stepped up and struck and emphatic spot kick that made it 3-2 at the break.<\/p>\n
After the restart, Rangers instantly restored their two-goal cushion. Tuur Rommens raced down the left flank and swung in a tempting cross that Chermiti met with a powerful header to complete his hat-trick.<\/p>\n
Both sides took the opportunity to make changes as the second half wore on, but Rangers stayed on top and extended their lead further with just over ten minutes to play. Lewis Neilson pushed Chermiti in the box and from the resulting penalty, Thelo Aasgard scored his side’s fifth and their final goal of what has been a dramatic but ultimately disappointing season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Youssef Chermiti’s hat-trick helped Rangers sign off for the summer with a Scottish Premiership victory, as the visitors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-646859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}