Saints beat a full strength Rangers

ST JOHNSTONE recorded their second pre-season clean sheet against Rangers at Murray Park when they won 1-0 there yesterday.

This follows on from their 0-0 divide against the Ibrox men a few weeks ago,.

On both occasions, Rangers were at full strength with Graham Dorrans and Carlos Pena making their debuts for the club in yesterday’s game.

Saints fielded youngsters Aaron Comrie and Jason Kerr in defence with the rest of the side being made up of experienced top team players, although Joe S h a u g h n e s s y, S t e f a n Scougall and trialist Romain Habran were the only players Saints fielded from the start who played in Saturday’s 3-0 home win over Sunderland.

Striker Callum Hendry made an i nstant i mpact after coming on around 17 minutes from ti me, netting the only goal 10 minutes from t he end, prompting his father Colin, the former Scotland international to tweet: “Get in there.”

H e n d r y ’s g o a l w a s expertly taken as he clipped the ball over Rang ers keeper Jak Alnwick after a bad touch by Ryan Jack landed at his feet.

Trialist Habran is likely to get another chance t o impress on Saturday when Saints face Hartlepool at home (2pm). He was replaced after 57 minutes by Greg Hurst.

In an extraordinary incident, Rangers’ Niko Kranjcar was ordered from the field by the referee after 35 minutes for screaming at the match official after being fouled.

S a i n t s b o s s To m my Wright was happy with the display and result. Rangers boss Pedro Caixhina said the score is nothing to be alarmed about.

Tommy Wright’s side are doing well in pre-season.