Goals were spread across the front line with Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos giving the home side the lead at half-time before Ianis Hagi’s strike 26 seconds after the restart made absolutely certain of a comfortable Saturday afternoon ahead of a 20-hour wait with all focus on Tannadice tomorrow.
Rangers could be crowned SPFL Premiership winners on Sunday afternoon if Celtic fail to win against Dundee United - and fans kicked off the title celebrations early when they converged on the Stadium to welcome the players and management to the ground earlier in the day. Videos have emerged of club officials being escorted through the throng and into the ground at the Broomloan Road end ahead of the match.
Among them was Steven Gerrard who watched the match from the stand but, with Michael Beale and Gary McAllister taking charge of technical area duties, here is how his players performed.
Player ratings scale - 10: One of the best performances you've seen. 9: Outstanding. 8: Very good. 7: Good. 6: Average. 5: Poor, 4: Very poor. 3: A terrible day at the office. 2: Abysmal. 1: One of the worst performances you've seen.
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1. Allan McGregor - 8
Kept it simple in distribution, kept the efence on their toes and kept the Saints out - particularly with an agile stop to eny Jon Obika in the second half Photo: Alan Harvey - SNS Group
2. Nathan Patterson - 8
Probably ran the length of Paisley Road West with the amount of shuttling up and down the right-flank one. Defensively competent, positive attack-minded. Doesn;t have the set-piece or experience of Tavernier but has plenty of captain's other attributes Photo: Rob Casey - SNS Group
3. Borna Barisic - 7
Left-back provided the balance as his opposite defender bombed up and down, assuming an experienced, level-headed leader role on the field with every passing week. Photo: SNS Group
4. Filip Helander - 7
Praised for doing the fundamentals by Shelley Kerr - but Swede continued to perform at his functional, no frills best doing the basics properly for the rest of the team to play. Photo: Rob Casey - SNS Group