Jelavic screamer seals Rangers win

by Tony Cuddihy , 13 April 2011

Nikica Jelavic scored a spectacular overhead kick to give Rangers a 1-0 win over Aberdeen in the SPL on Wednesday night.


The 'Gers now stand only two points behind leaders Celtic.

The Dons actually started the brighter, with both Sone Aluko and Josh Magennis testing Allen McGregor in the Rangers goal.

However, Jelavic struck with a quite brilliant effort after 22 minutes, a strike that would ultimately decide the game.

The Croat gathered the ball from team-mate Kyle Lafferty 18 yards from goal, outmuscled his marker, swivelled and fired the ball past a stranded Jamie Langfield.

Magennis and Chris Maguire both came close to equalising for the home side, as Rangers laboured to hold on to their lead.

Ultimate, Walter Smith's men had Maurice Edu to thank after he cleared a Rob Milsom cross off the Rangers line with full-time approaching.

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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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