Shota Arveladze scored a hat-trick to give Rangers a 4-3 home win over Livingston in the Scottish premier league tonight and maintain the pressure on leaders Celtic, who also won.
The Georgian striker scored in the 10th, 18th and 46th minutes to keep Rangers within one point of Celtic, who beat Hibernian 1-0 with Stilian Petrov's 67th minute goal.
Celtic have 49 points with Rangers on 48, while third-placed Dunfermline have 30.
Motherwell recovered from a run of eight league defeats in emphatic style, beating Hearts 6-1.
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Dundee beat Partick Thistle 4-1, while Dunfermline beat Dundee United by the same score.