Rangers stun Aberdeen with Arfield late show as Beale's title target leaps first hurdle – 3 talking points
dailyrecord.co.ukSuper sub Scott Arfield struck an incredible injury-time double to earn Rangers a dramatic 3-2 victory and deny Aberdeen a first win over the Light Blues at Pittodrie in six years.
It saw Michael Beale earn his second 3-2 triumph as Ibrox boss as Gers scored twice in two minutes of seven added on in an incredible night of drama in the north east.Aberdeen found their shooting boots at least after their negative display against Celtic but it wasn't enough as they collapsed at the death to keep Beale's ambitious target of 22 league wins alive.
Beale’s former Liverpool pupil Leighton Clarkson looked to have come back to haunt him with a stunner as the Reds roared back from a goal down to take the lead after criticism over their negative tactics in the defeat to Celtic at the weekend.It didn’t start well for the Dons as Fashion Sakala fired the visitors into an early lead but Luis ‘Duk’ Lopes levelled with a brilliant free kick on the stroke of half time, albeit Allan McGregor should have done much better at the former Benfica man’s strike, before Anfield loanee Clarkson scored a spectacular strike.
That looked to have earned the victory but substitute Arfield twice. Gers welcomed Connor Goldson back for the first time in two months in a huge boost for the visitors and they took just 11 minutes to get their noses in front as they were rewarded for a positive start.It was great play down the right from Alfredo Morelos and the Colombian cut the ball back into the path of Sakala.
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