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Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has heaped praise on his players for showing restrain despite being targeted by objects from the crowd. A glass bottle was aimed at Borna Barisic as he lay injured while various other objects were aimed at the likes of Jermain Defoe as he celebrated his goal. And Gerrard admits he has spoken to his players about remaining calm in these situations - with the incidents at Easter Road the third time in as many away games were Rangers stars have been targeted. James Tavernier was hit with a pie at Pittodrie against Aberdeen while a hot cup of Bovril and coins were aimed at Alfredo Morelos at Fir Park in the win over Motherwell. Gerrard insists it is for Hibs to deal with and discuss but admits he was thrilled with his own players for how they reacted to the incident. He said: “There were bottles, lighters, all kinds of objects thrown. It’s down to Hibs to deal with that and for Jack Ross to talk about. “I was very pleased with their behaviour throughout the game, both in terms of their performance and how they handled the occasion.” There were also unsavoury scenes on the bench as both sets of backroom staff clashed over Ryan Porteous' red card. Hibs assistant John Potter and Ibrox first team coach Tom Culshaw were both shown red cards as the game threatened to boil over. And Gerrard insists the angry reaction came from the Hibs bench trying to defend Porteous' horror tackle. He added: “I think both benches won’t be proud of seeing that back because that’s not what it’s all about, We need to control emotions better. “It was straight red card, no doubt about that, and we were disappointed with Hibs trying to defend that and influence the referee. “We could see from a hundred metres it was a red card and you can’t defend that.” https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steven-gerrard-hails-rangers-stars-21139149

Excellent performance and excellent win, totally dominated that match, superb, lots of MOTM performances tonight, Aribo, Tav, Kent, Defoe. I will go with Jack for MOTM.

No highlight of the assault on Defoe at our 2nd goal!!, imagine if that was a Rangers player!!

Very pleasing that half, the players are on it, what has been an horrendous run of fixtures we are still looking hungry and committed, I would really love another couple of goals though. greedy bassa that I am

Right now I am struggling to say what player is best! Aribo, Kent, Jack, Kamara, Barisic are all playing so well, and Defoe's movement is superb

They look like they are on a mission! just need to keep it up 2nd half

Excellent 1st half, 2 excellent goals, the match is ours to lose, let's hope we don't take our foot off the gas, we could go on and score a lot more if we keep the same tempo and quality

Admin, be as well making this the match thread.

Spot on mate

Jermain Defoe chats to RangersTV ahead of a visit to Easter Road. https://rangers.co.uk/tv/view?it=18127&act=view&c=News

Thing is, I for one don't want him shouting his mouth off, but I would like him mentioning certain issues as he/we see them, it's almost as if he has been told not to do that!

The Rangers boss said: "Filip won't be seen again until after the winter break. It's a foot issue. I'm not a doctor but I'm told it's a unique injury. "The doctor told me that in his 25-year experience in medicine, he had only seen this issue on a couple of occasions. It's a difficult one to put an exact date on the time he will be out. "But he is going to be in a boot for four to six weeks. That's the starter pack so let's go from there and see how it progresses. "I think he's been in the boot for a couple of weeks now so he will be in a boot until after Christmas and then it will be a case of building the fitness back up and whether there is a reaction from the injury because it's quite a rare one." Gerrard, meanwhile, has confirmed Rangers' squad is poised for a January cull. Matt Polster, Jamie Murphy and Greg Docherty are set to be made available and loanee Andy King is likely to be sent back to Leicester City. Glenn Middleton, due to return from a loan at Friday's opponents Hibs, could be farmed out again. Gerrard said: "There will be people leaving the football club in the window but I respect my players and won't name any individuals for now. "You have to be honest with players and respect them. Unfortunately, we can only pick an 18 man squad." Gerrard will be without top-scorer Alfredo Morelos after his Fir Park dismissal and the Ibrox boss revealed the striker had made his frustrations clear. He said: "I think Alfredo has apologised to his team-mates after the Motherwell situation, but that's not important now. "We have to focus on what's available to us. Alfredo has been different. You can see in his face he's disappointed not to be available. He's not a man who hides that disappointment very well. "You can see even in today's session that he's gutted." https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/filip-helander-blow-rangers-steven-21128287