Danny Rohl got the double boost he was looking for as Rangers’ 4-1 win over Aberdeen at Ibrox moved them in to second place in the William Hill Premiership behind Hearts.

The boss claimed on Friday his side would be “tough to stop” if they married performances to results and he was delighted to see midfielder Tochi Chukwuani open the scoring in the 35th minute before 18-year-old Tottenham loanee Mikey Moore added a second three minutes after the break.

Dennis Geiger reduced the deficit but goals from midfielder Nico Raskin and captain James Tavernier moved Rangers back to within three points of Hearts, leapfrogging Celtic into second place, albeit the Hoops can go back behind the Edinburgh club with a win at Dundee United on Sunday.

Rohl said: “A great performance, over 90, 95 minutes.

“We spoke about this result and performance today, I think we saw both and that’s what makes me really happy today, to see my team perform like this.

“We want to see goals, I think this is always great. I’m a manager, I also want to see clean sheets.

“This is the only small thing today after the 2-0 that we bring this team back for a short moment.

“But in general,...