Glasgow Rangers finally obtained his first victory of the season in the Scottish Minister to alleviate part of the pressure on the head coach Russell Martin.
The Light Blues had won none of their first five games in the division, their worst start of a league campaign in 47 years, but finally obtained three points on the board on Sunday.
Max Aarons scored in the 94th minute to win the game for the Ibrox giants after getting out of the bench to strike, scoring his first goal for the club since his move in summer.
How Max Aarons won the match for the Rangers
The former international of England U21 appeared with a crucial goal which was desperately necessary, because the GRS watched the face of six games without victory to start the season.
As we heard in the clip above, Martin needed a goal from this corner and that is exactly what he obtained when Aarons escaped his marker to break at home a brilliant finish on the rotation.
It was an objective of which an attacker would have been proud. The way he moved to move away from his marker, then the finish to find the lower corner was the avant-garde game, but he came from a right back.
While we are the player who scored the winner, it may be Nicolas Raskin who has just saved Martin’s work in Ibrox with his performance against Livingston.
How Nicolas Raskin may have saved the work of Russell Martin
Ironically, after being excluded from the match team for the matches against Celtic and the Hearts by the manager, the Belgian international may have saved his work by contributing strongly to the 2-1 victory for the Light Blues.
Martin is doing a lot of pressure from certain supporters, who protested against him before during the recent victory of the League Cup against Hibernian, due to the nature of the results and performances this season.
A sixth match without a championship victory, after losing 1-0 against Genk on Thursday evening, could have put the position of the manager in doubt, at least from the outside, which is why beating Livingston feels like a great moment for Martin.
It was a victory that was largely orchestrated by the quality of Raskin in the middle of the park, because he presented his capacity in possession throughout the match.
|
Vs livingston |
Nicolas Raskin |
|---|---|
|
Minutes |
90 |
|
Precision |
88% |
|
Key passes |
3 |
|
Big chances created |
1 |
|
Penalities won |
1 |
|
Duels have won |
8/14 |
|
Passing |
0x |
|
Statistics via Sofascore |
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As you can see in the table above, the former Standard Liege star won the majority of its defensive duels and have not been dribbled beyond once, which shows that it was incredibly reliable and solid on the defensive.
In addition to that, Raskin won the penalty that James Tavernier missed in the first half and created three chances for his teammates in total, the last of which was his excellent delivery from the corner which Aarons scored.
The 23-year-old star, who obtained a note of 8/10 Ibroxnews players, never stopped running at the first whistle at the last, closing the opposition players, making disinterested races to stretch the game, radiant beyond his man to trigger attacks.
It was a great performance full of energy, grain, determination and quality. Things that the team’s overall performance this season has been lacking.
If Martin keeps his job and continues to succeed at Ibrox, he may have Raskin to thank for his winning performance in the midfield against Livingston in this match.
