Strikers give Smith headache

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Jean-Claude Darcheville and Nacho Novo both helped themselves to a double as the SPL leaders ran riot at Tynecastle.

"It is a nice headache," Smith said. "Over the season we haven't had an out-and-out goalscorer as such but we have had a good spread of goals throughout the team."

The win keeps Rangers four points clear of Celtic at the summit of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League and follows four goals against Gretna at the weekend courtesy of Daniel Cousin, Steven Naismith, Chris Burke and Kris Boyd.

Boyd remains the club's top goalscorer with 17 this season but Smith knows he can count on goals from throughout the team and that means plenty to ponder before Aberdeen come calling on Saturday.

"Any time the boys have been asked to step up they have done so and none more so than Nacho who, even coming off the bench, is always a danger," he said.

Darcheville's debut season has been hampered by injury and he again limped off with a hamstring problem at half-time but Smith played down any fears the striker could be set for another spell on the sidelines.

He said: "It's not a bad one but, having been bothered by that type of injury before, it was more of a precaution."

Rangers have produced the good, bad and ugly in terms of football this season but Wednesday night's display was a thrill to watch for Gers fans and neutrals alike.

Asked whether the performance would have silenced critics of their style of play recently, Smith shrugged: "I'll just leave that up to everybody else to decide whether that is the case or not but we played well."