Every game Lawrence Shankland could miss with recurring injury, including Celtic double-header

Derek McInnes has offered a downbeat assessment of the injury sustained by Lawrence Shankland in Rangers' win over Motherwell.

Shankland hobbled off early on in Saturday's 1-0 win at Ibrox, where Ryan Naderi - the man who came on for him - scored the only goal.

The Scotland international had just started to find his feet for the Gers following his summer move from Hearts as a free agent.

He had scored three goals in his previous two games, but McInnes will not be able to call upon him for a while.

Exactly how long Shankland is out for is not yet known, but McInnes has suggested it could be a long-term layoff.

That is dreadful news for Rangers and the player himself, as Ibrox News looks at all the games he could miss.

Worst-case scenario laid out for Lawrence Shankland

Shankland missed a few months of last season with a hamstring problem while at Hearts.

McInnes, who is already without Youssef Chermiti for the season, shared another update on the 31-year-old's injury to reporters after the game.

“Lawrence said he has a similar feeling to the hamstring injury he had at Hearts last January when he was out for three months," McInnes said.

"Obviously we don't want to speculate too much. But he says it feels similar to in the same area, so we'll get him scanned on Monday."

If Shankland is indeed facing another three-month absence, that will see him miss at least 13 matches in all competitions.

It could be more if Rangers advance past Celtic in the Scottish League Cup quarter-final next week.

Had Rangers advanced in Europe, that tally would have been even higher. There is also September's international break to factor in.

Shankland will also miss the league clash with Celtic in two weeks, as well as games with Kilmarnock, Dundee, St Johnstone, Hearts, Aberdeen, St Mirren, Motherwell, Dundee United, Falkirk and Hibernian.

Could Falkirk be to blame for Shankland injury layoff?

Shankland's injury was sustained off the ball against Motherwell, which is always a concern.

And McInnes suggested after the match that the playing surface at Falkirk Stadium may have played a part in midwek

“You know, his output was really high on Wednesday at Falkirk on the 4G pitch," McInnes said.

“Sometimes going that from pitch to pitch, the different surface can make you a wee bit more vulnerable.

“But he says he felt fine going into the game, so, and there was nothing really that he did in the game that he was aware of, he just felt it pull up."

McInnes will be ruing his luck after losing another key attacker to injury.

But the good news is that there are still a few others to choose from, so it is now over to Kevin Kelsy and Co to step up to the plate.