Miller treble defeats Hibs

by Dave Maher , 22 August 2010

Kenny Miller scored a hat-trick as Rangers beat Hibernian 3-0 at Easter Road in the Scottish Premier League on Sunday afternoon.


Both sides were reduced to 10 men in the lead up to half-time when Kyle Lafferty and Kevin McBride were dismissed following an incident in midfield, before Miller netted three second half goals for the visitors.

Hibs had the better of the early exchanges, with Anthony Stokes seeing the ball diverted away from him by Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor, whilst in a dangerous area.

The Gers’ best chance of the half fell to Steven Davis, who had a header cleared off the line by Sol Bamba.

Just before the break, an already tetchy affair turned nasty. Lafferty flew aggressively and illegally into a tackle on Liam Miller, provoking McBride to kick the ball at the Rangers man. After a melee involving a host of players, Lafferty and McBride were both shown red cards.

Hibs were again on top early in the second period, with Madjid Bougherra narrowly preventing Edwin De Graaf from applying an easy finish.

Rangers went ahead when James Beattie took advantage of chaos in the home box, and pulled the ball back for Miller to smash home on 64 minutes.

On-loan Manchester City attacker Vladimir Weiss then superbly set up Miller, who added his second with a side-footed finish.

Rangers continued to look for more goals as the game moved towards a conclusion, and eventually got their third when Miller completed his hat-trick with an excellent left-footed strike from a tight angle following a beautifully weighted through ball by Davis.

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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