Michael Beale continued his 100% record as Rangers manager with an emphatic 3-0 win over Motherwell at Ibrox.Alfredo Morelos ensured the visitors bright start would count for nothing as he nodded in the opener after 13 minutes.
Connor Goldson met a Borna Barisic header to double the lead with half-time looming before Malik Tillman rounded off the scoring in the second half to seal all three points.It was a professional performance from Beale's men as they dominated the bulk of possession and tallied up 19 shots at Liam Kelly's goal to keep on Celtic's tails - who kept their nine point Scottish Premiership lead in tact with a convincing victory against Hibernian.
But the overriding feeling from those with blue tinted glasses on is that the intensity will have to go up another few notches if they stand any chance when Celtic come to Ibrox on Monday night.Here’s what the Rangers pundits had to say after the full-time whistle.They were a wee bit reserved tonight I felt as well in terms of how they pressed the game and maybe that's been an instruction.
Maybe he's keeping the foot off the accelerator slightly because of the nature of the importance of the second of January game here against Celtic.
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