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title: "Rangers fans on Twitter were jubilant as Katic returned"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ally Darlow"
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published: "2019-04-08T06:20:29Z"
modified: "2019-04-08T06:20:29Z"
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# Rangers fans on Twitter were jubilant as Katic returned

**Yesterday was a brilliant day all round for the Ibrox faithful. The Gers ran out 3-0 winners at Fir Park against a sub-par Motherwell, and they had Scott Arfield to thank for his wonderfully taken hat-trick. However, he wasn’t the only star they lauded, as the Bluenoses loved seeing Nikola Katic back in action.**

> Your [#RangersFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RangersFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) team for today's match. [pic.twitter.com/TQGr2ObYgP](https://t.co/TQGr2ObYgP)
>
> — Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) [April 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/RangersFC/status/1114836123656835072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Katic has long been the forgotten man at Ibrox. Steven Gerrard has consistently left him our in favour of a defensive partnership of Joe Worrall and Connor Goldson, and the fans have long been calling for their Croatian stopper to be given a chance again. Yesterday saw him finally get that chance too and given the fact he helped his side to a clean sheet, it looks like he took that chance.

The Bluenoses will all hope that next season will see Katic and Goldson strike up a real partnership at the back when Joe Worrall is sent back to Nottingham Forest at the end of his loan spell, and in truth, most of them would like to see that pairing now anyway. At the start of the season, they were the pair that Stevie G relied upon, and the Rangers fans could never work out why Katic has been left out so much, although they’re hoping that will change now.

You can read the Gers’ reaction to Katic’s recall here:

https://twitter.com/\_IbroxLoyal/status/1114838255139262464

> Glad to see Katic, and glad to see Flanagan stay in. Thought he was solid against Hearts. ‘Mon the bears!
>
> — JRK (@topclasskennedy) [7 April 2019](https://twitter.com/topclasskennedy/status/1114836519041347586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Yasss big katic is playing he will score a header the day
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> — Hutchy (@hutchydarts) [April 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/hutchydarts/status/1114836708384804864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Welcome home Katic
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> — Jakob (@Jakob93986165) [7 April 2019](https://twitter.com/Jakob93986165/status/1114836850949201920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> The king is back [pic.twitter.com/h85Zt7UUMh](https://t.co/h85Zt7UUMh)
>
> — Bailey (@bailey63032565) [7 April 2019](https://twitter.com/bailey63032565/status/1114846234248978432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/gfitzpatrick124/status/1114841441115811840

https://twitter.com/mark\_renfrew/status/1114960475773702147

The Gers will be desperate to see more of Katic between now and the end of the season and will hope that Gerrard is preparing them for next season when Katic and Goldson are the starting pair.