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Rangers supervisor Philippe Clement has heaped reward on Jack Butland after the goalkeeper saved a penalty to assist safe a 1-0 win over Hibernian.
The hosts took the lead within the thirty fourth minute, with Tom Lawrence whipping a pleasant end into the top-right nook after chopping inside from the left.
Hibs have been handed a golden alternative to equalise on the stroke of half-time, with John Souttar penalised for a handball following a VAR assessment, however Butland received all the way down to make an excellent save.
After the break, Cyriel Dessers was denied at point-blank vary and Robin Propper twice didn’t hit the goal in fast succession, however Rangers’ lone objective proved to be sufficient.
Whereas Clement was annoyed by the penalty resolution, he was fast to reward his goalkeeper’s work as they held on to say all three factors.
“Jack’s save was an enormous second,” he informed RangersTV. “I feel Jack was joyful as he has been much less concerned in the previous couple of weeks – it’s a superb feeling to be vital in these moments.
“For me, it wasn’t clear why it was a penalty. We mentioned this stuff earlier than with the opposite managers and the referee division.
“The clear sheet is very large. We introduced in Jefte, who’s new, Nana Kasanwirjo has are available in, and we’ve a brand new pairing at centre-backs with John and Robin Propper.
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“It’s not simply defensively; we even have Connor Barron who’s new in entrance of them. They haven’t performed collectively too lengthy, however with the organisation, Jack hasn’t needed to make many saves.
“However when he did, he got here up with an enormous one and that could be a prime goalkeeper who retains his focus within the huge moments.”
Rangers got here into this sport on the again of a Europa League victory away to Malmo on Thursday.
Whereas removed from their greatest, Rangers nonetheless managed to say a fourth consecutive victory within the Scottish Premiership with out conceding for the primary time since February 2022.
Clement admitted the short turnaround affected his gamers’ performances.
“The primary half we performed nicely, and we deserved the lead, though we may have scored extra,” he added.
“Within the second half, it was tougher, you can see the freshness going out of the legs of a number of gamers.
“We didn’t get again to the coaching centre till 2am on Friday, after which we performed at noon, so we had much less freshness, so it was vital to get the three factors and one other clear sheet.”
