A dramatic last-gasp strike from substitute Bojan Miovski gave Rangers a 1-0 Premiership win over St Mirren at Ibrox.
Back in the technical area after a two-game touchline suspension, Derek McInnes watched St Mirren’s Australian goalkeeper Jacob Chapman keep the home side at bay in the first half with a string of saves, albeit helped by some poor finishing.
Craig McLeish’s side, who lost 5-1 at Ibrox in the Premier Sports Cup last month, grew in confidence after the break and Fraser Taylor missed a great chance while the frustrated home support returned to the state of agitation which characterised the start of the season.
However, in the final seconds of normal time, Miovski, on for Djeidi Gassama, pounced in the box to grab the winner to make it four victories in a row.
Summer signing Mika Baur notched his first goal for Celtic as the Scottish champions maintained their perfect start to their title defence with a 1-0 victory away to St Johnstone.
The German midfielder struck from close range early in the second half after the debutant Hoops keeper Sam Johnstone had produced a stunning first-half save to deny Saints midfielder Joel Cotterill.
It was a night when the Celtic head coach, Martin O’Neill, was able to demonstrate the depth of his squad before Sunday’s Old Firm meeting away to Rangers in the Premier Sports Cup, with key players such as Camilo Duran, Benjamin Nygren and Kieran Tierney on the bench and defender Cameron Carter-Vickers given the evening off.
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Although far from their convincing best, the Hoops did enough to close out a sixth consecutive league victory this term and their 13th in a row in total stretching back to the closing weeks of last season.
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