Rangers midfielder Joe Aribo stunned the Ibrox faithful with a ridiculous moment of skill against St Johnstone, drawing praise from Andy Firth.
Aribo produces outrageous skill in Rangers win
Rangers took on St Johnstone at Ibrox on Wednesday night and claimed a fairly comfortable 2-0 win.
Alfredo Morelos opened the scoring with a close-range header before Ryan Kent sealed the victory with a second.
This was another professional display under Giovanni van Bronckhorst and another clean sheet – ‘keeping the zero’ is becoming quite the habit for Rangers.
There will be flashier wins down the line, but one moment left Rangers fans dazzled.
With the ball cleared high up into the air, Rangers midfielder Aribo positioned himself to try and control the ball.
The Nigerian remarkably stopped the ball dead with a touch that Dimitar Berbatov or Dennis Bergkamp would have been proud of in their pomp.
We all know Aribo has outstanding technique, but this was something else from the Rangers man.
Rangers goalkeeper Firth reacts
Fans loved Aribo’s control, and goalkeeper Andy Firth couldn’t help but marvel too.
A favourite of Steven Gerrard, Firth was brought to Rangers by the now-Aston Villa boss having worked together at Liverpool.
We haven’t really seen much of Firth in action at Ibrox but he still lives and breathes Rangers.
After seeing the video of Aribo’s touch, Firth took to Twitter to simply tweet ‘Joe. Aribo. That’s the tweet’.
Firth didn’t need to say much more. Words can barely encapsulate Aribo’s technique in that moment, with Firth just echoing the love from Rangers fans.
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