A sweet Kenny Miller hat-trick in the second-half to seal the three points at Easter Road.Miller hit the net on 64, 70 and 93 minutes to add to his tally which started well with the opener against Kilmarnock last weekend.
Corey Bojorquez Jersey Last seasons player of the year Steven Davis made his return from a virus which kept him out of the Killie game and he replaced Kirk Broadfoot with Steven Whittaker moving back to his natural right-back position. The new East Stand was unvelied this afternoon and was near enough fill to capacity as the attendance just exceeded 17,000.Both teams were very sloppy in po se sion first-half with the SPL Champions frustrating on the eye as they struggled to get going. It was a game starved of any clear-cut chances but Hibs could have opened the scoring when Michael Hart reacted quicker than Lafferty to head the ball acro s the goal but McGregor was on hand to punch the ball away from the waiting Anthony Stokes. The main flashpoint in the game came just before half-time
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Corey Bradford Jersey authority on the game. Steven Naismith created Rangers first main chance of the game when he made a darting run down the right and supplied Miller with a decent cro s which the striker headed over the top. Rangers were soon given a kick up the backside when Hibs went forward and Galbraith tipped the ball past the hesitant McGregor to De Graaf on the goal-line but Bougherra produced a stunning intervention to keep the score at 0-0. Soon after, Rangers took the lead when Sasa Papac decided to go for the long-range effort which deflected off Edu producing a decent save from Mark Brown
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