Rangers cruise to routine win

by Setanta staff , 15 January 2011

Rangers cruised to victory over Hamilton on Saturday to keep up the pressure on Celtic at the top of the SPL.


Walter Smith's side triumphed 4-0, cutting Celtic's lead to five points, with the Gers holding three games in hand.

Vladimir Weiss - on loan from Manchester City - stole the show and gave Rangers the lead in the 25th minute, firing a low and hard shot into the Accies net from 35 yards.

The winger the won a penalty for the home side when he was fouled by Michael Devlin, and Steven Whittaker stepped up to make it 2-0.

Weiss found the back of the net again on the stroke of half-time when he curled a free-kick past Cerny after being fouled by Grant Gillespie. Kenny Miller, linked with moves to Birmingham and Fiorentina, played his part by stepping over the ball in front of goal.

Miller failed to claim his 23rd goal of the campaign with a poor header that went well over the bar.

The second half was a far quieter affair than the first, until Maurice Edu made it 4-0, eight minutes from time, when he collected a Whittaker throw-in and blasted in an 18-yard effort with his left foot.

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Pos
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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