Saturday 29 October 2016 18:51, UK
Rangers manager Mark Warburton was full of praise for his side following their 3-0 victory over Kilmarnock at Ibrox.
The Gers claimed their biggest league win since beating Livingston in January and moved up to second place in the table thanks to first-half goals from Lee Wallace and Andy Halliday and Joe Garner's tap-in two minutes after the interval.
"The first half especially was by far our best performance. It was a good 90 minutes' work," said Warburton.
"We wanted to be dynamic, we wanted to be positive in our decision-making and we got the early chances straight away.
"Our intention was clear and we played a very pleasing first half. When we lost the ball, we reacted very quickly to get it back and win it high up the back and we created a host of chances.
"We wanted to come out, get on the ball and score the next goal, which we did really early.
"We just controlled the game from there. Maybe the tempo dipped a little bit in the second half, understandably against a very good Kilmarnock side who were high on confidence coming here. I thought it was a very good performance."
Skipper Wallace netted the opener after 16 minutes when he darted on to a sublime Josh Windass pass to beat Jamie MacDonald at his near post.
And Warburton believes the left-back should start for Scotland against England at Wembley next month with Andy Robertson and Kieran Tierney absent due to injury.
"I have no doubts about Lee Wallace. He is a top-class professional and an outstanding captain of the club so never have any worries about Lee Wallace," Warburton added.
Kilmarnock boss Lee Clark was hoping to build on his team's impressive midweek win over Hearts.
Instead, they froze in much the same manner as they did when shipping six goals at Celtic Park last month.
Clark, whose side now drop to eighth, said: "It was disappointing and quite similar to Celtic in that we've been very passive in the game.
"We thought we had an opportunity with the confidence levels of the players after their performance on Wednesday.
"We wanted to keep the game tight as long as we could so the fans would become a little bit nervous. But we allowed Rangers to gain momentum. The crowd got behind them and that made it a very difficult afternoon for us.
"Did it become an overwhelming occasion? It looks that way.
"That is one of the solutions I need to find when we come back to this type of arena and places like Celtic. I don't know why because their fans at home have nothing to do with us - we've got to play our game. We've got to use that to our advantage.
"I need to find a solution to try and take on these teams with the type of personnel I have on the pitch so we do not leave ourselves too open in the game."
