Cyriel Dessers on the double as Balogun-less Rangers hit Hearts for 5

The 29-year-old discovered the web in every half because the Gers brightened their probabilities of a 56th Scottish first-tier diadem

Rangers overpowered Hearts 5-0 in Saturday’s Scottish Premiership fixture, with Cyriel Dessers bagging a brace.

Unbeaten of their final 9 outings in all competitions, the Gers welcomed Steven Naismith’s males to the Ibrox Stadium.

And so they put up an awe-inspiring show to ship the guests again dwelling with heads bowed low.

Impressed by their dwelling followers, Phillipe Clement’s crew took the lead within the second minute by Mohammed Diomande after he was teed up by Oscar Cortes.

Cortes doubled the benefit within the thirty seventh minute earlier than Dessers added a 3rd within the goal-laden first half – heading a cross from John Souttar.

He accomplished his brace three minutes into the second half earlier than super-sub Fabio Silva accomplished the destruction with 25 minutes left on the clock.

With Dessers effort, he took his tally for the 2023-24 marketing campaign to 16. He was substituted for Kemar Roofe within the 79th minute, whereas his compatriot Leon Balogun was an unused substitute.

“For positive the synergy with the followers is superb for the second and within the warm-up you are feeling the togetherness, the fervour and the idea, in order that pushed my gamers. It’s actually what I like and what I needed to see the primary day I stepped into this constructing,” supervisor Clement instructed RangersTV.

“I knew how nice it could possibly be, we talked about that to start with, and I’m beginning to really feel it increasingly more and my gamers additionally.

“We scored 5 very nice and actually good targets and saved a clear sheet which additionally stays vital towards a crew who’re third within the league and had been 12 video games unbeaten. Let’s not overlook that in order that can also be an vital half that you simply bear in mind for this sport.”

Rangers – because of their win – stay on the summit of the Scottish Premiership having accrued 67 factors from 27 outings. They’re visitors of Kilmarnock on February 28.