Rangers recovered from a minor scare against League One side Ayr United to come through 6-1 winners and progress to the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, and fans have taken to Twitter to praise the display of controversial forward Josh Windass.
Sunday’s match was nearly called off after snowfall at Somerset Park, but the fifth-round clash went ahead on schedule as Ayr looked for a famous win over the Light Blues.
And it was the minnows who took the lead as an almighty mistake from Rangers goalkeeper Wes Foderingham allowed Alan Forrest to bundle home the opener.
Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos was guilty of a shocking miss before he made amends with a tidy finish after Sean Goss’ effort has struck the bar, with the sides heading into the break at 1-1.
A three-goal burst from Jason Cummings, Morelos and Windass gave the Light Blues some daylight, before Windass’ second and Jamie Murphy’s first goal for the club sealed the big win.
Windass has come in for some controversy recently after making a shushing gesture at fans when he scored in a 2-0 win against Partick Thistle last week.
But his double on Sunday made amends for that, and fans took to Twitter to praise the 24-year-old after the match.
This is Futbol have rounded up some of the best tweets:
https://twitter.com/AdamDavidSharp/status/962783792124579842
https://twitter.com/AMcKellar89/status/962775095386230789
The amount of slagging windass gets he's easily one of the best players we have right now
— Lewis (@Lewis_w72) February 11, 2018
Genuinely believe that young Josh windass is a terrific player and only getting better under Mr Murty. If he continues to develop at this rate the big boys will come knocking
— Steven Castle (@steviebronco1) February 11, 2018
Seen tweets on here still slating Windass saying oh it’s only Ayr United – boy can only score against the team in front him – give him a break #cannywin
— TracyW??? (@tracymcl1872) February 11, 2018
Loving this new attitude Windass has.
— Fraser McNab (@FMcNab5) February 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/DsSnowdon/status/962721710066806784
https://twitter.com/MatthewRoss6/status/962721328045477888
https://twitter.com/JaffaGer/status/962721237851099143
Windass is really coming into his own as a player. Defo deserves a new contract
— Woody Charisma (@WoodyCharisma) February 11, 2018
Windass has been unreal recently man
— Riz (@ryan2tomson) February 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/OfficialRonPark/status/962720671926190081
https://twitter.com/WillieEwing1872/status/962720453616914433
class performance again from josh windass
— ethan (@EthanAnderson__) February 11, 2018