Callum Jones scored a second-half equalizer as Rangers were held to a 2-2 draw by Dundee and missed out on going top of the Scottish Premiership.
Dundee opened the scoring when Rangers failed to deal with a routine long ball, with Bradley Fink capitalizing to round the keeper and slide home.
The lead didn’t last long, however, as Badredine Bouanani slotted in and curled in a stunning equalizer to open his account for Rangers.
Nico Raskin scored the goal of the game when his shot from outside the box hit the underside of the crossbar.
But Jones then caught Dan Neil standing on the ball and slotted it past the Rangers skipper to score Dundee’s equaliser.
Rangers remain second and move a point behind Celtic, who host Hearts live on Sky Sports on Sunday from 2.30pm.
Highlights from Dens Park
8: BLOCKED! Kim has a shot blocked with the goal open. Rangers cry for handball but do nothing.
14: LATCHES! Forrest drives from midfield and shoots from outside the box, but Pandur gathers comfortably.
23: LATCHES! Hay has a speculative shot and is again comfortably saved by Panduri.
28: SAVE IT! Hamilton scores a free-kick and Astley heads towards goal from outside the area, left behind by Pandur.
29: OUTSIDE THE GRASS! Hay jumps to meet the corner and she shakes the bar.
36: CLOSE UP! Hamilton takes an early shot as Dundee win the ball back and it goes just wide.
37: GOAL! Fink rounds the keeper and scores!
42: GOAL! Bouanani curls into the top corner for his first goal for Rangers!
56: SAVE IT! Gassama shoots from the edge of the area and it is saved with one hand by the goalkeeper
60: GOAL! Nico Raskin curls a screamer off the post from outside the box.
69: GOAL! Neil stays on the ball and is dispossessed by Jones, who heads past the keeper to get Dundee level!
74: CLOSE UP! The ball falls to Neil in the six yard box but Dundee somehow heads the ball away!
McInnes: We don’t have to score three goals to win
Rangers HEAD Derek McInnes:
“I thought Dundee’s press was good, as expected, and we wanted to try and pull the centre-backs at times and try to hit spaces and feed our wide players and try to get 1v1s.
“It never fully materialized.
“We shouldn’t be away from home and need to score three goals to win a game.
“Two goals should have been enough tonight. We had a couple of times when it went to two.
“Dundee are a good team but I think we gave ourselves an opportunity there not to get the three points.
“We are disappointed that we did not leave with three points.”
Pressley: We showed courage and determination
Dundee HEAD Steven Pressley:
“I think it was a game of two halves.
“I thought we were outstanding in the first half, really aggressive, we controlled the game a lot.
“We were really strong in the second half, we had one or two moments where we should have capitalized and restricted Rangers to very few.
“Obviously we expected a reaction from Rangers and they gave it. They put us under a lot of pressure in the second half.
“We showed courage and determination.
“The game was getting away from us but we never gave up, we just kept going and going and (Callum) Jones got his reward for a really strong performance today.”
Boyd: Dundee asked Rangers questions
Callum Jones scores for 2-2
Sky Sports’ Chris Boyd:
“Dundee are a good team. They are not there (in the table) by chance or luck.
“They have a style of play, Steven Pressley has a group of players willing to hit the ground running for him and that’s hard to come by.
“They put in a shift and even when asked to dig in and suffer as they did for the first 20/25 minutes of the second half.
“Then they got a second wind and went back to Rangers and asked them questions.
“A draw was a fair result. It took some great shots for Rangers to score two goals.
“There was a lack of creativity at the top of the pitch and that is something they will need to improve.”
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