Real Cyriel Dessers emerging as Rangers defeat St Johnstone
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Stephen Kingsley, the Hearts defender, had espoused a theory after his side’s recent victory over Celtic that teams are often vulnerable in the match that immediately follows a “massive high”, in Celtic’s case a long-awaited Champions League victory over Feyenoord.
St Johnstone must have eyed the week Rangers have enjoyed — a dramatic triumph over Real Betis that saw them top their Europa League group and then lifting the League Cup for the first time in 12 years — and hoped that Philippe Clement’s side might be affected by a similar comedown in what was, relatively speaking, a fairly humdrum return to league duty.
They would not be as fortunate. Granted, Rangers toiled for inspiration in the first half and were needlessly profligate after the