A Jermain Defoe hat-trick fired Rangers to a 5-0 win against Hamilton Academical on Sunday afternoon as the Gers went top in the Scottish Premiership.

Earlier in the day, Celtic had lost to Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena to open the door to the Gers to go top as we headed into the international break.

And, indeed, the Light Blues took the opportunity presented to them emphatically with them hammering the away side.

It was Defoe who was the lead goal-scorer during the game with Connor Goldson and Borna Barisic also notching for the Gers on the day.

Most of the praise, unsurprisingly though, fell to Defoe on social media as he scored yet another career hat-trick.

He's showing no signs of slowing down as he turns 37, then, and fans had this to say on Twitter about his performance...