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TEN-MAN Rangers earned their first Scottish Premiership win of the season in Steven Gerrard’s first league match at Ibrox Stadium.

Leading through early goals from Alfredo Morelos and Connor Goldson, the Light Blues had Ross McCrorie sent off on the half-hour mark for a professional foul. But, they comfortably saw the game through to register a richly-deserved three points.

From the side which so impressively defeated NK Maribor 3-1 at Ibrox on Thursday night, out went captain James Tavernier, Scott Arfield and Daniel Candeias, with their places taken by debutant Borna Barisic, Ross McCrorie and Jamie Murphy.

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A Barry Ferguson strike on 52 minutes followed by a dream goal for debutant Daniel Cousin gave Walter Smith’s side a precious win with Old Firm rivals Celtic also taking three points with a 4-1 victory over Falkirk earlier in the day.

After the club’s European exertions during the week this match was always going to be a tricky obstacle to overcome and this proved to be the case with St. Mirren making life difficult for the Light Blues, particularly in the first-half.

Smith made two changes to the starting line-up that won 1-0 in Montenegro.

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