SPL: Dessers, Balogun Feature As Rangers Draw 0-0 At Hearts In League Opener …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Cyriel Dessers and Leon Balogun were in action as Rangers began the new Scottish Premiership season with an goalless draw at Hearts on Saturday.
Dessers was action for 90 minutes while Balogun was introduced in the 61st minute.
Both sides hit the woodwork at Tynecastle as Hearts’ summer signing Yan Dhanda struck the bar in the first half, while Dessers crashed a close-range header off the bar and then onto the post in the second half.
Both goalkeepers were also in fine form for the season’s curtain-raiser as Hearts’ Zander Clarke denied Connor Barron on his Rangers debut and Tom Lawrence’s powerful second-half volley.
Rangers’ Jack Butland, meanwhile, produced good stops to prevent James Penrice early on and then Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland late on.
The home side impressed throughout as they had 18 shots to Rangers’ nine, and Hearts boss Steven Naismith would have been hugely encouraged by the display.
But Rangers boss Philippe Clement, who signed a new deal on Friday, knows there will is plenty of work to do ahead of Tuesday’s trip to Poland to face Dynamo Kyiv in Champions League qualifying.
Celtic, whom Rangers are looking to wrestle the title away from, begin their defence on Sunday at home to Kilmarnock.
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