Rangers vs Dundee. Scottish Premiership.
Ibrox StadiumAttendance49,164.
Monday 11 September 2017 12:42, UK
Alfredo Morelos continued his hot goalscoring streak as a double helped Rangers record a 4-1 drubbing of Dundee at Ibrox.
The Colombia forward fired Rangers ahead just before the break and added a second late on to extend his run of goals to seven in his last five appearances.
Substitute Josh Windass put the hosts two up midway through the second half while £2.5m marquee summer signing Carlos Pena also grabbed his first Rangers goal as Pedro Caixinha's side registered back-to-back Scottish Premiership wins for the first time this season.
Faissal El Bakhtaoui put Dundee on the scoresheet late on but the result spells trouble for Neil McCann's Dens Park side, who have now collected just one point from the first 15 available.
Rangers marked Armed Forces Day by having the match ball delivered to referee Andrew Dallas before kick-off by two abseiling RAF airmen.
The visitors then came under early pressure, Daniel Candeias the main creative influence, but neither Morelos nor Niko Kranjcar could profit from the wideman's dangerous deliveries.
Their failure to net early was a source of frustration for the Ibrox crowd but Dundee boss McCann was also unhappy, substituting Scott Allan after 38 lethargic minutes on the pitch.
The hosts' breakthrough came after 41 minutes and again it was Candeias who found the key to unlock the Dundee defence. Kranjcar fizzed a ball in from wide on the right and with a clever flick, Candeias sent Morelos scampering in on goal, with the forward needing no second invitation to bury the ball past Scott Bain.
The visitors should have levelled straight from the second-half kick-off but Roarie Deacon miscued his header from AJ Leitch-Smith's cross.
Kenny Miller sparked a groan when he fired straight at Bain after some patient Rangers build-up, but Candeias at least forced the keeper into a diving save as he drove in from the right to shoot.
Yet Dundee were continuing to make life uncomfortable for Rangers. Again they came close, this time from a Deacon corner, but Sofien Moussa could not apply a finishing touch as Jack Hendry headed across goal.
With that let-off, Rangers upped a gear and made the points safe after 68 minutes as another stunning Candeias delivery found Windass, who only had to nod the ball back across Bain for the clincher.
Pena has shown little to justify his manager's expensive outlay so far but Caixinha will hope he can now kick on after netting his first goal in the 83rd minute, lashing home from close range after Windass did well to drive in from the left.
Morelos struck again two minutes later as his fierce drive somehow beat Bain from a tight angle, while El Bakhtaoui's late finish from inside the box proved to be little consolation for Dundee.
