St Mirren hero Mikael Mandron sensed wounded Rangers were there for the taking before he plunged the knife in with the opening goal at Ibrox.The Paisley hitman outmuscled Clinton Nsiala to lay the foundations for Saints’ first win in Govan in 34 years with a clinical finish after 51 minutes.
Together with strike partner Jonah Ayunga the big Frenchman bullied the home defence all afternoon as Stephen Robinson’s side completed a home and away double on Philippe Clement’s ropey Gers.And Mandron admits the Buddies’ powerful double act felt early on there was a chance to rumble up the Ibrox backline.
Asked if he sensed a weakness, the 30-year-old said: “Yes. Jonah's a very good player and we've got a similar build, and we both know that we can definitely work the defenders.“It felt like, as the game was going to go on, we were definitely going to be able to get an opportunity.
We did. And we managed to capitalise on it. It felt great. The whole team played so well. To come here and play well … sometimes you come here and you do well as a team, but you don't necessarily get rewarded, but we definitely did on Saturday.
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