Rangers close the gap on Celtic

by Setanta Staff , 10 April 2011

Rangers jumped to within two points of leaders Celtic with a 1-0 win over Hamilton in the SPL on Sunday, Nikica Jelavic getting the goal.


The Accies are now marooned at the bottom of the table and in real danger of relegation.

They passed up the perfect chance to take the lead early in the first half, when Doughie Imrie was fouled by Steven Davis inside the Rangers' box. A penalty awarded, Imrie stepped up but saw his spot-kick saved by Allen McGregor.

David Buchanan then missed another chance to give the home side the lead, before Tomas Cerny saved a point blank-range effort from Jelavic.

The Croatian was celebrating moments later, however, when he stepped up to curl a free-kick into the Hamilton net, following a foul by Alex Neil.

Hamilton had second half chances from Jim McAlister and James Chambers and really should have had a point from the game, as the best Rangers could manage was a tame effort from El-Hadji Diouf.

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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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