Rangers ‘pop balloon’ at Dundee as Dan Neil reward wastes probability to go high

As far as optimism goes, Rangers had been blown stuffed with constructive vitality as they made the Saturday-night journey to Dundee on the again of seven straight wins.

However, a Dan Neil error felt “like a balloon popping”, mentioned supervisor Derek McInnes, ensuing within the Ibrox aspect fluffing their probability to maneuver again to the Scottish Premiership summit after a gripping 2-2 draw at Dens Park.

McInnes’ males had been punished for a disjointed first half when the spectacular hosts went forward by means of Bradley Fink, however Badredine Bouanani fired in a leveller simply earlier than the break.

Rangers lifted their depth and stage of dominance after the interval and had been heading for an eighth consecutive victory when Nicolas Raskin slammed in a long-range stunner.

But a mishit Neil backpass to goalkeeper Ivor Pandur was pounced on by Callum Jones to earn Dundee a deserved level, opening the door for Celtic to increase their lead on the high to 4 factors once they welcome Hearts on Sunday (15:00 BST).

“We’ve made a mistake for Dundee’s equaliser and it was like a balloon popping,” McInnes advised BBC Scotland. “We then needed to dig deep and go once more, and we by no means fairly managed to get to the identical ranges.

“It does really feel like a missed alternative, however in equity to Dundee they had been good worth within the first half – it reveals you why they’re the place they’re within the league.

“But we won’t come away from dwelling and have to attain three targets to win a recreation.”