Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-1 Rangers

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Highlights: Inverness CT 2-1 Rangers

Billy Mckay scored a stunning overhead kick as Inverness Caledonian Thistle beat Rangers to move off bottom spot in the Premiership.

Mckay's goal came minutes after Iain Vigurs had missed a penalty for the hosts.

Inverness took a first-half lead thanks to Greg Tansey's long-range strike.

Rangers levelled through Martyn Waghorn's penalty after Lee Wallace was downed but the Ibrox side ultimately fell to a second straight defeat.

They remain six points behind second-placed Aberdeen, who entertain Ross County on Saturday.

Victory takes Inverness one point above Hamilton Academical, who visit Celtic on Saturday.

Late drama

Rangers' Wes Foderingham made a comfortable save from Iain Vigurs' weak penalty — Wes Foderingham made a comfortable save from Vigurs' weak penalty

Vigurs' spot-kick was poor and easily saved by Wes Foderingham. Amazingly, it did not matter.

What happened next was utterly fantastic from an Inverness point of view. Mckay, with his back to goal, angled a perfect overhead kick into the left corner to earn a monumental win.

And no-one celebrated more than Vigurs.

It was in the last minute and is a game-changer in terms of the outlook of this season for boss Richie Foran.

There is a renewed steel about Caley Thistle these past few weeks, a return to the "old Inverness' as Foran describes it. That was on show in spades against Rangers.

A thing of beauty

Tansey's opener was as good as Mckay's winner. He arrived on to a blocked Liam Polworth shot and curled a magnificent effort home.

Inverness might have had a penalty when Polworth stayed on his feet after looking like he was caught by Wallace.

Inverness Caley Thistle's Greg Tansey guides a delightful effort into the bottom corner to make it 1-0 — Tansey guided a delightful effort into the bottom corner to make it 1-0

Defensively, the home side harried, blocked, diverted. They dropped a little too deep and were made to pay despite surviving a few scary moments.

They reacted well to conceding, though, and Tansey was unlucky with a fierce drive that Foderingham save brilliantly.

The dramatic nature of the victory should give Inverness the shot in the arm they need. They were tremendous.

Rangers' rotten run

Rangers started the match superbly. They were incisive and crisp in their passing and created a few chances. But, as has so often been the case this season, they lacked a cutting edge.

Barrie McKay nodded over from a great position before Emerson Hyndman missed one great chance then hesitated and lost another.

Martyn Waghorn beats Owain Fon Williams from the penalty spot to make it 1-1 in Inverness — Waghorn beat Owain Fon Williams from the penalty spot to make it 1-1

Rangers began to hem Inverness in during the second half and got the break they badly needed.

Louis Laing was outfoxed by a one-two but rashly slid in, took Wallace out and conceded a soft spot-kick. Waghorn made no mistake.

It looked like Rangers would kick on on from there but Inverness had other ideas.

The Ibrox side have now won only once in their last seven league matches and face a huge struggle to overtake second-top Aberdeen.

Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Inverness CT

25Fon Williams
2Raven
21LaingBooked at 56mins
12McCart
3TremarcoSubstituted forMcKayat 15'minutes
8DraperSubstituted forVigursat 80'minutes
16TanseyBooked at 66mins
15MulraneySubstituted forKingat 69'minutes
29Cole
7Polworth
13Mckay

Substitutes

5Warren
9Ebbe
11Vigurs
20King
22McKay
23Anier
42Hoban

Rangers

1Foderingham
2Tavernier
6WilsonBooked at 86mins
4Kiernan
5Wallace
16HallidaySubstituted forHoltat 80'minutes
20Hyndman
8ToralBooked at 14minsSubstituted forGarnerat 90+2'minutes
10McKay
9Miller
33Waghorn

Substitutes

7Garner
11Windass
14Dodoo
15Forrester
17Hodson
23Holt
25Alnwick

Referee:: Steven McLean
Attendance:: 6,415

Match Stats

Home TeamInverness CTAway TeamRangers

Possession: Home45%; Away55%

Shots: Home10; Away16

Shots on Target: Home6; Away6

Corners: Home7; Away8

Fouls: Home11; Away10

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Inverness CT 2, Rangers 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Inverness CT 2, Rangers 1.

Posted at 90'+4'

Louis Laing (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Danny Wilson (Rangers).

Posted at 90'+3'

Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Iain Vigurs.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+2'

Substitution, Rangers. Joe Garner replaces Jon Toral.

Goal!

Posted at 89'

Goal! Inverness CT 2, Rangers 1. Billy McKay (Inverness CT) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.

Posted at 87'

Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Danny Wilson.

Posted at 86'

Penalty saved! Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 86'

Penalty Inverness CT. Billy McKay draws a foul in the penalty area.

Booking

Posted at 86'

Danny Wilson (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 86'

Penalty conceded by Danny Wilson (Rangers) after a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 85'

Billy King (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 85'

Foul by Jason Holt (Rangers).

Posted at 84'

Brad McKay (Inverness CT) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 84'

Foul by Jon Toral (Rangers).

Posted at 82'

Attempt saved. Billy McKay (Inverness CT) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 80'

Substitution, Rangers. Jason Holt replaces Andy Halliday.

Substitution

Posted at 80'

Substitution, Inverness CT. Iain Vigurs replaces Ross Draper.

Posted at 80'

Attempt missed. Danny Wilson (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 79'

Corner, Rangers. Conceded by David Raven.

Posted at 75'

Attempt saved. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 74'

Attempt missed. Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.

Posted at 73'

Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Wes Foderingham.

Posted at 73'

Attempt saved. Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Larnell Cole (Inverness CT).

Posted at 72'

Andy Halliday (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Rob Kiernan.

Posted at 70'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Substitution

Posted at 69'

Substitution, Inverness CT. Billy King replaces Jake Mulraney because of an injury.

Posted at 69'

Delay in match Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT) because of an injury.

Posted at 67'

Penalty conceded by Louis Laing (Inverness CT) after a foul in the penalty area.

Goal!

Posted at 67'

Goal! Inverness CT 1, Rangers 1. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.

Posted at 67'

Penalty Rangers. Lee Wallace draws a foul in the penalty area.

Booking

Posted at 66'

Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Greg Tansey (Inverness CT).

Posted at 66'

Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 65'

Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Jake Mulraney.

Posted at 64'

Attempt missed. Jon Toral (Rangers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 62'

Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Owain Fon Williams.