Rangers will defend their Scottish League Cup closing crown subsequent month after coming from behind to beat Motherwell 2-1 of their semi-final at Hampden Park.
Philippe Clement’s aspect – who beat Aberdeen 1-0 in final December’s closing – have booked a showdown with fierce rivals Celtic at Hampden Park on Sunday December 15.
Rangers have been already feeling the warmth after a 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen within the Scottish Premiership final outing left them 9 factors behind each the second-placed Dons and leaders Celtic – and that cranked up when former Ger Andy Halliday put Motherwell in entrance in opposition to the run of play after 25 minutes.
Clement’s half-time staff speak appeared to do the trick, nevertheless, with Cyriel Dessers atoning for lacking a sitter earlier than the break with a wise end after the ball was fed into him by Connor Barron.
They’d additional possibilities to win the sport, nevertheless it was not till the 81st minute that Nedim Bajrami collected a sweeping ball from Vaclav Cerny and clipped a shot that beat goalkeeper Aston Oxborough with the assistance of a deflection.
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