Delighted Rangers boss Gio van Bronckhorst has hailed the affect of Kemar Roofe after he was introduced in from the chilly at Ibrox.
Forward of the conflict with Aberdeen, Roofe had been struggling for sport time underneath the Dutchman.
His solely full 90 minutes because the Dutchman's arrival got here within the Scottish Cup rout of Annan, and he had solely managed 10 minutes of motion since defeat to Celtic.
Earlier this week, the Jamaica cap vowed on social media that he would at all times be prepared for an opportunity in a veiled swipe over his sport time.
Nonetheless, after declaring himself "targeted" regardless of an absence of minutes, Roofe proved his level when he got here up with Rangers ' winner in opposition to the Dons to ramp up the strain on Premiership leaders Celtic.
Following the match, Van Bronckhorst acknowledged he sees Roofe as key to his first-team plans: "Kemar is essential.
"In the previous few months he has struggled a bit bit with some accidents however he is nonetheless working laborious on the coaching floor to be prepared.
"I gave him a praise within the locker room as a result of it isn't simple, particularly for the gamers who haven’t performed loads in latest weeks, to maintain coaching laborious and wait to your likelihood.
"At this time his likelihood got here and he made the distinction, so I'm actually happy for him.
"Within the coming weeks, after we will even play once more in Europe, there are quite a lot of video games to be performed and we have to use everybody."