THE road to redemption will be a difficult one for Rangers to travel this term. Victory over Motherwell was the first progress along it for Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
The steps were small. But they were at least in the right direction after so many signs of regression in recent times as Malik Tillman and John Lundstram secured a valuable Premiership win at Fir Park.
The gap to Celtic in the title race remains at two points and all Van Bronckhorst’s side can do in the coming weeks is keep ticking off the domestic fixtures. Mercifully, just two more European endeavours await before that campaign can be consigned to history.