Mohamed Diomande’s late goal gave Rangers a hard-fought 2-1 win over Livingston as the home side struggled badly on their return from a costly international break.

John Souttar, Derek Cornelius, Mikey Moore and Youssef Chermiti were all ruled out through injuries sustained with their respective countries, which allowed Emmanuel Fernandez to make his third start since signing from Peterborough in the summer and the 24-year-old centre-back headed the Light Blues in front after nine minutes.

However, Livi’s Australian striker Tete Yengi levelled after 18 minutes when he took advantage of awful Gers defending and the home side’s overall play deteriorated, lacking urgency and guile.

However, in the 78th minute Diomande tapped into an empty net after substitute Bojan Miovski had stretched to

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