Philippe Clement’s tenure as the Rangers manager got off to a turbo-charged start with a thumping 4-0 Premiership win over Hibernian but the result was marred by graffiti and stickers left in the away end at Ibrox which mocked the disaster at the stadium in 1971. Less than 1,000 Hibs supporters were in attendance and when they left it emerged that some seats had been defaced with the number 66. The 1971 Ibrox disaster was a crush among the crowd at a Rangers v Celtic game which led to 66 deaths. There were also photographs of stairway 13, where the disaster occurred, stuck on the seats, with the images accompanied by the words, “Stairwell Thirteen - it’s the greatest sight that I have ever seen”. Graffiti also mocked the death of Queen Elizabeth II and supported the IRA. A Rangers spokesperson said: “Rangers condemns in the strongest possible terms the graffiti and stickers left by a section of the Hibernian supporters at Ibrox. The Ibrox disaster remains the darkest day in our club’s history, and continues to affect a number of families to this day. The mocking and celebration of such an event is outrageous, and has no place in any football stadium or society as a whole.” A Hibernian spokesperson said: “Hibernian condemns the behaviour of the individuals that were involved. The club will work with Rangers to identify those responsible and will take the most serious action possible against anyone involved.” The incident took the gloss off what should have been a perfect start for Clement. The 49-year-old Belgian was appointed as Michael Beale’s successor last Sunday and he was given a huge ovation from the Light Blues fans before the game in which Rangers began in a more energetic and direct fashion. Abdallah Sima sped away in the 17th minute to score in a fifth consecutive game before the Belgian midfielder Nicolas Raskin drilled in a second goal from distance just before the interval. Sima added a third goal in the 65th minute to make it nine for the season and striker Cyriel Dessers got a close-range goal 10 minutes from time. Although it was far from complete performance from Rangers, Hibs’ six-game unbeaten run – five under Nick Montgomery – was emphatically ended. Rangers moved four points behind Celtic who play Hearts at Tynecastle on Sunday and while title hopes still need nursing, the Rangers fans can take encouragement from the performance and win. There was much interest in Clement’s first team selection but due to injury issues his options were limited. Winger Scott Wright returned from suspension and midfielder Sam Lammers and Dessers came back in while fit-again Todd Cantwell, Ryan Jack and Danilo started on the bench. Montgomery drafted in veteran defender Paul Hanlon for his 550th appearance and attacker Adam Le Fondre for what shaped up to be his toughest test so far as the Easter Road manager. There was a new figure in the Rangers technical area but the supporters were still suspicious of the players who had underperformed this season. From the fans perspective there was an immediate and much-desired increase in tempo with the ball getting moved forward quicker. Lammers took a defence-splitting pass from the Rangers captain James Tavernier in the seventh minute but his shot was blocked for a corner by the Hibs defender Will Fish which came to nothing. The game was already open and at the other end, the Rangers keeper Jack Butland gathered an angled-drive from Dylan Vente before Borna Barisic picked up an injury and had to be replaced by Ridvan Yilmaz. A Dessers shot was saved by Hibs keeper David Marshall but he had no chance when Sima combined with Dessers moments later and burst through the middle of the Hibees defence to drive low into the far corner. In the 27th minute, after a melee in the Hibs penalty area, there was a VAR check for a possible penalty when the ball appeared to strike Joe Newell’s arm before Sima’s shot went past the post but the referee Don Robertson was told to play on. Just before the break, as possession changed hands 25 yards from the Hibs goal, Raskin took matters into his own hands when he thundered a low shot past Marshall. Rangers kept up the pace in the second half and in the 53rd minute, following another swift Rangers break, Dessers stabbed a Wright cut-back into arms of Marshall with Sima waiting by his side to finish. Moments later, Lammers smashed a shot against the post from eight yards, after Dessers had robbed Hanlon, before Cantwell replaced Wright. Sima’s goal came when Dessers took a brilliant Lammers pass, rounded Marshall but saw his shot blocked on the line before the Brighton loanee hammered it high into the net. There was still plenty time remaining and when Cantwell slipped a clever ball into Dessers 10 yards from goal, he side-footed it past the helpless Marshall to complete an invigorating afternoon for anyone of a Light Blue persuasion. Clement said afterwards, “You see that, although it was only two days, the players want to do the things that we showed them. “You see the guys that understand it fast and the guys that need more time, but I saw what I wanted to see – to play dominant, attacking football with a good pressing game. The best teams in the world make mistakes – what is important is your reaction.” In the only other game to be playable amid Storm Babet, Kyle Vassell’s double earned Kilmarnock a 3-1 win over Livingston. The hosts ended a seven-game winless run after Danny Armstrong’s opener and goals from Vassell in each half. Sean Kelly’s penalty did briefly haul Livingston level but Vassell struck four minutes before the break and added a third on the hour. Ross County’s match against St Mirren, St Johnstone’s home game with Motherwell and Dundee’s trip to Aberdeen were all postponed due to the storm.