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Abdallah Sima’s first-half strike was enough for Philippe Clement to seal victory for Rangers at Hearts to continue his impressive start as manager. Brighton’s on-loan striker, who scored a double against St Mirren on Sunday, ran onto James Tavernier’s pass in the 34th minute and fired his shot beyond goalkeeper Zander Clark. The Ibrox side spurned many opportunities at Tynecastle Park and goalkeeper Jack Butland proved his worth once again with a couple of fine saves against the home side. The result means Rangers remain eight points behind leaders Celtic with a game in hand, while Hearts are third. Wasteful Rangers end Hearts’ winning streak Rangers Danilo misses big chance after Zander Clark fails Hearts are on a four-game winning streak in the league as they face Rangers for the third time since Clement took over in October. In 11th minute, Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland curled a shot over bar just before half-time after Yilmaz carelessly lost ball, leaving Rangers rearguard exposed. Rangers midfielder Tom Lawrence limped off in the 17th minute and was replaced by Jose Cifuentes. Team news There was familiar name on the Hearts bench; Former Scotland number one Craig Gordon is back after almost a year recovering from broken leg against Dundee United on Christmas Eve. Craig Halkett Barrie McKay also returned after a long break, while Nathaniel Atkinson and Kyosuke Tagawa returned to the starting 11 with Yutaro Oda Liam Boyce withdrawing from the game completely. In 25th minute, as Hearts entered the Rangers penalty area, Shankland’s shot from 12 yards was parried by goalkeeper Jack Butland and Alex Cochrane’s shot from rebound was blocked by James Tavernier’s body. Danilo put the ball into Hearts’ net from eight yards just before the half-hour mark, but he was offside. But when Tavernier came out defense and split Jambos backline with a well-weighted pass, Sima raced away and scored his 12th goal of the season when he slid ball past Clark as he burst clear his goal. Minutes later Todd Cantwell lobbed the ball just over the bar from close range and Clark then put his foot out to deny Danilo a few meters out. Atkinson and Jorge Grant were replaced by Oda and Kenneth Vargas at the beginning of the second half, but Rangers came forward again. For a more accessible video player, please use the Chrome browser Kyosuke Tagawa blocks Danilo’s close-range shot after Zander Clark cleared a Rangers’ free kick In 51st minute, Tavernier’s free kick towards Hearts penalty area was brought down by Clark, but Danilo’s shot was blocked by Tagawa and home team managed to escape again, as they did minutes later when Yilmaz’s angled shot flew towards far post. Clark parried John Lundstram’s long-range shot Yilmaz fired the rebound high over the bar, before Kemar Roofe and Dujon Sterling replaced Danilo Yilmaz. Just before that, Butland made a superb save from Vargas’ powerful left-foot strike, which boosted Jambo’s hopes. In the 79th minute, after Roofe ambushe
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