SCOTTISH striker John MacDonald scored twice to send Kui Tan through to the quarter-finals of the Esso Hong Kong FA Cup with a 3-1 first-round victory over Sing Tao at Mongkok Stadium last night.
Glasgow-born MacDonald, who turned 33 this month, was brought to Hong Kong by Rangers only last month but was released before he had played a competitive match because the club said he was a midfield player, not a forward.
So he moved to Kui Tan and the goals followed him, with two in last night's plucky performance against a very disappointing Sing Tao side.
Kui Tan took the lead in the 24th minute with an own goal from Sing Tao defender Tam Ah-fook, who turned in a dangerous left-wing cross from Lau Ping-kwan.
MacDonald made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute when his long-range shot dipped over Sing Tao's reserve 'keeper, Cheng Wing-keung, and the same player added a third in the 72nd minute when he sent a delightful chip shot over a stranded Cheng after being put in the clear by another player Rangers allowed to leave, midfielder Steven Raynes.
Sing Tao, who will end the season empty-handed, pulled one back with a Chu Yue-tai penalty in the last minute but they had given up long before then.
MacDonald, who was playing his second game for Kui Tan, said: ''I must admit when I came over to Hong Kong from Scotland to play for Rangers and Rangers said I was not a striker, I was a midfielder, it really got my back up.