Motherwell suffered a 3-0 defeat in their final match of 2022 at Ibrox against Rangers on Wednesday night.
Goals from Alfredo Morelos, Connor Goldson and Malik Tillman secured the points for the hosts.
It was Motherwell however who made the brighter start out of the two sides.
Connor Shields pressed the Rangers defence, winning the ball off Ben Davies. Goalkeeper Allan McGregor rushed off his line to aid his defence and subsequently saved the Motherwell man’s effort.
Shields then had a half chance seconds later when his header was comfortably saved by the Rangers keeper.
As the half wore on, Rangers grew into the game and with their first real opportunity on 13 minutes, they made it count.
Borna Barasic, freshly back in the side from World Cup duty, fizzed a cross into the danger area and Morelos was there to header home.
Motherwell stuck in the game and Dean Cornelius was met with a golden opportunity. After great work from Matt Penney down the left-wing, the Ipswich loanee’s cross found Cornelius but his first touch was slightly heavy which allowed Davies the opportunity to block.
Liam Kelly was called into action when he was made to stop Alex Lowry’s shot on the half hour mark.
But moments later on 38 minutes, it was two. Connor Goldson got his head onto the end of Lowry’s corner to nod home for the home side’s second. 2-0 half time.
Rangers came out looking to put the game to bed early on in the second half, Lowry picking up the ball from a Rangers corner on 50 minutes and Penney had to clear his strike off the line.
Motherwell had a small opening to get themselves back in the game however, Cornelius playing the ball through for Shields to chase but McGregor got their just ahead of the striker.
It was Paul McGinn’s turn to clear off the line on the hour mark. Ricki Lamie failed to clear a long ball forward and Morelos’ backheel had to be turned off the line by the Scottish international.
Rangers did get their third which finished the game off as a contest two minutes later.
Tillman picked up the ball just inside the Motherwell box, dropped the shoulder and finished low past Kelly. 3-0 62 minutes gone.
Kevin van Veen joined the action from the bench and thought he pulled a goal back on 67 minutes after the Dutchman latched onto a through ball and scored however was half a yard offside.
Lennon Miller made his league debut and 16-year-old Luca Ross came on to make his first team debut in the second period and the latter wasn’t far away from scoring but seen his chipped effort from close range saved by an onrushing McGregor in the closing stages.
