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Keith Jackson

Ianis Hagi revels in 'beautiful' Rangers trio's harmony as he raves about Kent and Morelos link up

Their combined firepower has been blowing the rest away all season.

But, over the last few weeks, three players have emerged as Steven Gerrard’s go-to attacking trio.

And, although it may have taken him a little longer than he would wished, Ianis Hagi is ending this campaign like a runaway Romanian train.

Last Thursday, Hagi teamed up again with Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos to put on a performance against Royal Antwerp which was rated by boss Steven Gerrard as the best of a campaign which has been laden with goals since its start.

And the 22-year-old now plans to make sure it goes out with an appropriate bang as Rangers close in on a first domestic title in 10 years as well as a place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

Hagi said: “The most beautiful thing is we are all different as attackers – everybody has his own qualities – and that makes us really unpredictable.

“We would like to build on that performance and have that type of performance when the team needs us, especially on European nights and big games in the league.

“We’re so different but we understand ourselves so well that it makes us unpredictable.

“There will be moments in any season when you win games 1-0. You just do your job.

Hagi has popped up with vitals contributions in the second half of the season (SNS Group)

“But there will be other games when the players are red hot. At the end of the day the three points is all that matters.”

Hagi, though, intends to keep his feet firmly on the ground as Rangers prepare to scale the heights again tonight at Livingston.

He went on: “There is a lot of excitement but the most important thing is to have the same target we’ve had the entire season, look at the next game and that’s Livingston. Get the job done, get the three points.

“Everybody knows what position we are in right now and obviously you know how close you are to achieve something great, not only for the club but also individually as players.

“I’m enjoying my football a lot lately. When you get closer to the end of the season games with pressure come, like the knock-out stages of the Europa League and that’s a fact of football that I love.

“That has a role to play in my enjoyment but the team is playing really well, we’re winning most of our games, and I can’t not enjoy the football we are playing.”

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