James Tavernier writes Rangers history as fresh Hibs lesson dished out to reach Premiership summit – 3 talking points

James Tavernier wrote his name into the record books as he grabbed the 131st goal of his career to help send Rangers back to the top of the Premiership.

The Rangers skipper opened the scoring at Ibrox as he moved clear of former Scotland ace Graham Alexander to become the highest-scoring defender British football has ever seen. He’s netted 123 of those since moving to Glasgow in 2015 and now has 22 for the season - but he would have had another had he not missed his second spot-kick in a row against Hibs with the game goalless.

Hibs hit back from his successful volley thanks to Myziane Maolida’s equaliser, taking advantage of some frantic stuff from Philippe Clement’s men. But it was Nick Montgomery looking frazzled at the break as his team allowed Cyriel Dessers to restore Rangers’ lead with a bullet header just as the whistle blew for the break.

The goal ended the Nigerian International’s five-game Gers drought but he wasted a huge chance to wrap up the win midway through the second period. That meant Rangers had to wait until five minutes from time to secure the win that nudges them back above Celtic - who play Livi tomorrow - thanks to a superb finish from substitute Rabbi Matondo.

With Ridvan Yilmaz out injured after straining a thigh muscle on Turkey duty, Borna Barisic was back in for his first Gers appearance since his bomb-scare display against Kilmarnock at the end of February. Todd Cantwell also returned to Clement’s line-up having shaken off the hamstring pull that had ruled him out for four weeks, while Abdallah Sima was also available from the bench after two months on the sidelines.

Nick Montgomery was happy to go again with the same side that put three past basement boys Livingston before the