Rangers produced a much improved performance from what we have seen over the last few weeks to brush aside St Johnstone 3-0 at Ibrox. Kris Boyd bagged two goals as he aims to break Henrik Lar sons SPL record and Nacho Novo got a deserved third. In all honesty, this was a game that could have ended up 5-0 or 6-0 as Rangers mi sed a number of good chances. Boyd is now 5 goals away from breaking that elusive goal record and with Rangers playing Celtic on January 3rd, is the stage set for Boyd to break the record at Celtic Park?Walter Smith Bryan Bickell Jersey made a few changes to the Rangers line-up for this game against St Johnstone; Allan McGregor was out with a hamstring injury so Neil Alexander deputised, Kirk Broadfoot made an eagerly awaited return as Rangers needed someone with defensive capabilities at right-back, DaMarcus Beasley started on the right-hand side of midfield after impre sing at Falkirk last week with the usual two leading in the attack. St Johnstone, managed by Derek McIne s, started with Ex-Rangers striker Jonathan Johan son in attack with support from Filipe Morais and Chris Millar.Before most fans had even paid attention the match being started, Rangers got themselves an early lead when DaMarcus Beasley intercepted a slack touch by Graham Gartland which allowed the American to feed Kris Boyd who spun to his left and rolled the ball past the helple s Graeme Smith. The Gers kept the tempo high, and continued to bite away at the St Johnstone rear-guard with Kenny Millers audacious bicycle kick being tipped over by Smith. Once St Johnstone finally got to grips with Rangers explosive start, Chris Millar tested Neil Alexander with a fine effort from 25 yards that produced an excellent save from the stand-in Rangers goalkeeper.Rangers got their second after 27 minutes when Steven Andersons slack back pa s was intercepted by Nacho Novo and was subsequently brought down by Graeme Smith and Rangers were awarded a penalty. Kris Boyd, eager to break that SPL record and continue his great form after being linked in the papers with Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, Newcastle and Hull. The Rangers top goalscorer slotted the ball into the bottom left corner with Graeme Smith getting close to it, but struggling to keep it out. If it wasnt for some harsh offside calls by the linesman, Boyd would have had his hat-trick and more.In the second-half, Rangers kept going and fought to get a third when DaMarcus Beasley, who had an excellent game, roamed past Danny Grainger and slid a dangerous ball acro s the box for Kenny Miller infront of goal, but his effort was saved by Smith and Nacho Novo was the first to react and fired the ball into the empty net.Rangers still sit two points behind Celtic but Rangers play against Dundee United on Tuesday in a game in hand. Walter Smith said, Were delighted by todays performance. We created a whole load of opportunities; Im a little bit disappointed that we didnt add to our scoreline. We got off to a great start, scoring in the first few seconds of the game. Overall, I felt everyone worked very hard. We had two wingers in the wider area of the pitch in Nacho Novo and DaMarcus Beasley. They played very well and worked very hard for the team. Kirk Broadfoot was excellent today. He played very well, considering the length of time hes been out. Everyones delighted to see him back. Jaccob Slavin Jersey