Bayern loanee Malik Tillman and John Lundstram give Rangers 2-1 win

Motherwell 1-2 Rangers: Bayern loanee Malik Tillman scores a stunner and John Lundstram heads home before Stuart McKinstry’s free-kick gives visitors a scare in their fourth straight league win

  • Rangers beat Motherwell 1-2 at Fir Park for their fourth successive league win
  • Malik Tillman was the visitors brightest outlet in a positive first 45 minutes
  • The hosts became the first team with no first half touches in the opposition box 
  • Tillman then ran through five Motherwell defenders to score in the 53rd minute 
  • John Lundstram then headed home a Borna Barisic corner to make it 2-0 
  • Stuart McKinstry scored directly from a free-kick to make it a tense ending 

Rangers beat Motherwell 2-1 on the road to secure a fourth successive league win thanks to a wonder goal from Malik Tillman and a John Lundstram header, although they had to hold on for the points after Stuart McKinstry’s late goal for the hosts.  

With only eight minutes on the board in the second half Tillman dribbled past five defenders to slot home at the far post in a spectacular solo effort to open the scoring. 

Former Sheffield United man Lundstram then doubled the lead after heading home from a Borna Barisic corner in the 69th minute. 

But McKinstry’s 77th minute free-kick flew straight past Allan McGregor to force the visitors to see off a resurgent Motherwell in order to win their fourth in a row.  

Malik Tillman’s 53rd minute opener gave Rangers the lead after an impressive first half display

The 20-year-old USA international dribbled past five defenders to put his side ahead 

John Lundstram doubled the Rangers lead from a Borna Barisic corner in the 68th minute

Stuart McKinstry pulled one back for the hosts in the 77th minute with a brilliant free kick

Rangers arrived at Fir Park on the back of an embarrassing 7-1 hammering by Liverpool 

Giovanni van Bronckhorst made three changes to the side that lost in the Champions League

Tillman had two efforts on the Motherwell goal in a bright first half for the visitors

MATCH FACTS

Motherwell (4-2-3-1): Kelly; McGinn, Johansen, Lamie (Mugabi 57′), Penney; Slattery (Cornelius 89′), Goss; Morris, Tierney, McKinstry; van Veen

Subs not used : O’Donnell, Maguire, Oxborough, Miller, Ross, Ferrie

Goals: McKinstry 77′

Booked: Goss, Van Veen, Cornelius

Manager: Steve Hammell 

Rangers (4-2-3-1): McGregor; Tavernier, King, Davies, Barisic; Lundstram, Arfield (Davis 65′); Matondo (Wright 65′), Tillman, Kent; Colak (Morelos 80′)

Subs: Yilmaz, Sands, McCann, Sakala, McLaughlin, Devine

Goal: Tillman 53′, Lundstram 69′

Booked: Arfield, Wright, Tavernier, King

Manager: Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Referee: David Dickinson 




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