Rangers made it ten goals scored in two Premiership matches as they beat Ross County 4-2 at Ibrox Sunday afternoon.
They thrashed Motherwell 6-1 last weekend, with Fashion Sakala scoring a hat-trick, although a 1-1 draw with Brondby in the Europa League was sandwiched in between.
Ryan Kent scored a sensational long-distance goal to mark his return, with Joe Aribo, Juninho Bacuna and an own goal from Alex Lacovitti securing the points for the Gers.
Kent made his first start for the club since the 19th of September and dazzled with his stunning strike. He picked the ball up on the left flank and cut inside before unleashing a dipping, powerful, shot past the County goalkeeper, to put Rangers 2-1 up at the time and made Ibrox bounce.
The real star of the show, however, was summer signing Juninho Bacuna as he ran the game from central midfield and was pivotal to the result.
Was Bacuna man of the match?
Yes
No
Defensively, he put a shift in for Gerrard’s side. Per SofaScore, he won seven individual duels in the match, whilst also making three tackles. He won six of his 11 ground battles and one of two in the air, and was not dribbled past a single time in the game. This shows that he was reliable defensively and did not allow himself to be a liability in the middle of the park.
On the ball, he was exceptional. He scored his first goal for the club as he picked up possession from Joe Aribo and cut inside onto his right foot to fire a strike into the roof of the net from the edge of the box, whilst he was also credited with the assist for Kent’s wonder goal. The midfielder also completed 86% of his passes as he had a whopping 86 touches of the ball and won three fouls for the team, to show off the overall level of his performance in possession.
Therefore, the £17k-per-week dynamo was the real star of the show for the Gers, as Kent did not create a single chance and only won two duels. Gerrard will surely be delighted by his balanced display in midfield as he was able to merge defensive nous with creativity and quality on the ball in the final third. Hopefully, he will now be able to show it on a consistent basis and prove to be a shrewd signing by Ross Wilson.
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