Dundee 1-1 Rangers: Steven Gerrard’s men fail to move back level with Celtic despite having man advantage

Dundee 1-1 Rangers: Steven Gerrard’s men fail to move back level with Celtic despite having man advantage
Rangers missed a golden opportunity to keep the pressure on Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic after only managing a 1-1 draw at ten-man Dundee.A win would have put Steven Gerrard’s men level on points with the Hoops, however, the result did see them go above Kilmarnock and into second place.2

It’s not ideal preparation for their Europa League match at Rapid Vienna on Thursday

But this will not make them feel any better about the fact they failed to beat Dundee, who started the game bottom of the league and also played over 70 minutes of the match a man down.The home side took a shock lead when former Rangers favourite Kenny Miller clipped the ball beyond Allan McGregor on nine minutes.Miller did not celebrate out of respect for his former club.However, the game turned in Gers’ favour ten minutes later when Nathan Ralph was dismissed by referee Alan Muir for a crunching tackle onDaniel Candeias on the edge of the box.2

Halliday’s free-kick had seemingly put Rangers on course for victory

Andy Halliday equalised from the resulting free-kick to bring the scores level.Kyle Lafferty thought he put Rangers 2-1 up later in the first-half but his goal from Ryan Kent’s cutback was controversially ruled out for offside by the referee’s assistant.The game was there for the Glasgow-based side but Dundee defended resolutely and Rangers were unable to break them down and find a winner.

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