The duo of Nigeria’s Super Eagles players Leon Balogun and Cyril Dessers were in action on Sunday as Rangers defeated Aberdeen by a lone goal to Viaplay League Cup after 12 years of wait.
The fiercely contested encounter appeared to heading for extra time – but Tavernier got on the end of a Borna Barisic cross with 14 minutes of the match remaining and rifled beyond Kelle Roos off the sodden turf.
The narrow victory extended Philippe Clement’s unbeaten start to his tenure as a manager to 14 games and capped off an excellent week for the resurgent Ibrox club.
They beat Real Betis in Spain on Thursday night to top their Europa League group and go through to the last 16 and are now just five points behind Celtic, who lost 2-0 at home to Hearts yesterday, in the cinch Premiership with two games in hand.
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