Rangers hit five to keep stride with Celtic in Scottish Premiership
Alfredo Morelos struck his 25th goal of the season as Rangers swept past hopeless Hearts 5-0 to keep pace at the top of the table, with Celtic having won 4-1 at Ross County earlier in the day.
Fresh from breaking two scoring records with his double against Feyenoord in midweek, Colombian Morelos has now netted in every one of his last 10 starts for Steven Gerrard’s side after nodding them ahead 12 minutes in.
Much has been made this week about the striker’s potential transfer value but in this form his real worth is simply priceless for the Light Blues. Substitute Greg Stewart struck a late double to round off a merciless display after Morelos’ opener was followed up by Ryan Kent’s strike and a Christophe
Berra own goal.
The victory meant Rangers kept stride withCeltic, with the Hoops just one goal better off than their bitter rivals.
Neil Lennon hailed a “powerful” performance byCeltic in their 4-1win over Ross County. Ryan Christie opened the scoring in the 11th minute when he fired in the rebound after his penalty had been parried back out to him by goalkeeper Nathan Baxter.
County striker Ross Stewart headed in a leveller in the 23rd minute, but Christie restored the visitors’ lead 14 minutes later before midfielder Tom Rogic netted with a deflected drive in the 67th minute. And his replacement Mikey Johnston immediately added a fourth as the champions made it 10 wins in a row since losing to Livingston.
“I’m delighted,” said the Parkhead boss, who is hoping French striker Odsonne Edouard, who missed a second match in a row with a niggle, will be fit for next Sunday’s Betfred Cup final against Rangers at Hampden Park. “It’s a very powerful performance from us again. We started off really well, we hit the woodwork twice on top of scoring four goals. It’s been so consistent and powerful (since the Livingston defeat) and we look a real goal threat from a variety of positions.
“Our play in general is very exciting to watch and the fitness of the team is good. It could have been easy to come off it today. We did get a little bit sloppy for 10-15 minutes of the first half because we were really in cruise control and we came off it a little bit, but the second-half performance was outstanding.”