• Miovski hat-trick helps Rangers to five-goal cup win over Annan
• Dowell & Aasgard also on target
• Chukwuani & Lawson make Rangers debuts as substitutes

Bojan Miovski scored a hat-trick as a fringe Rangers side breezed past Annan Athletic in the Scottish Cup at Ibrox.

Rangers led when Miovski swept past debutant Charlie Albinson following Danilo’s pass and Kieran Dowell and Findlay Curtis, who were two of nine changes for the hosts, combined to set up Miovski’s headed second.

Joe Rothwell, who like Curtis and Dowell has been linked with a January move, chipped for Dowell to nod his first goal of the season.

Miovski converted a penalty and Thelo Aasgaard’s stunning free-kick made it five on a night when home supporters were introduced to January captures Tochi Chukwuani, Tuur Rommens and Andreas Skov Olsen prior to kick-off.

The midfielder’s dead ball strike sailed past Charlie Albinson from around 30 yards in what was a sumptuous effort from the substitute.

It had actually been the League 2 visitors that asked the early questions with Tommy Muir attempting to catch Rangers’ stand-in captain Liam Kelly off guard with a dipping volley over the bar.

However, after the Miovski first-half double, Curtis lobbed on to the crossbar and Miovski was denied by Albinson’s save at close range.

Jayden Meghoma, set to compete with Rommens for the left-back role, did superbly to set up Danilo for a curling shot off target and Curtis came close again before 17-year-old attacker Zebedee Lawson debuted off Rangers’ bench, soon followed by midfielder Chukwuani.

Aasgaard and Rabbi Matondo also appeared from the side and Aasgaard’s fiercely struck free-kick was headed just wide by Matondo, who was later fouled by Scott Hooper for the Miovski spot-kick.

Hooper almost got one back with what would have been a memorable strike, the ball flashing into the side netting.

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