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ly by Stryjek, then Morelos dragged a left-foot shot wide of the goalkeeper’s left-hand post from around 20 yards.

Gerrard introduced Kemar Roofe and Brandon Barker in a bid to inject more pace and energy into his side with Arfield and the lacklustre Hagi making way.

Morelos was becoming increasingly frustrated and was booked for a show of dissent towards referee Walsh. The Colombian looked out of touch, as when both he and Connor Goldson were both unable to get a clean strike at goal during a frenzied scramble around the edge of the Livingston six-yard box. Moreloswasreplacedbycedricittenshortly 2 Scott Arfield cuts a frustrated figure for the visitors during the first half at the Tony Macaroni Arena. Above, Rangers defender Connor Goldson shoots but is unable to get a clear strike on goal. Below, left-back Borna Barisic is tackled by Livingston’s Nicky Devlin as the hosts produced a gritty display to earn themselves a share of the spoils.

afterwards. Rangers remained camped in the Livingston half for most of the time but they were almost caught out by an audacious shot from inside his own half by Craig Sibbald which forced Jon Mclaughlin to scramble backwards to make his first save of the game in the 83rd minute.

Two minutes later, Barisic thought he had made the breakthrough for Rangers with a superbly struck free-kick after Glen Kamara had been fouled just outside the box by former Rangers midfielder Jason Holt. But the Croat was left holding his head in disbelief as Stryjek got across to make a fine save at his top left-hand corner. In the second of five additional minutes at the end of the second half, Kent, pictured inset, worked himself into a great position just outside the area but wastefully sent his shot wide of Stryjek’s post.

It proved to be Rangers’ last chance to salvage maximum points and the celebrations of the Livingston players at full-time underlined how precious a share of the spoils they considered it to be.