Dundee 3 – 4 Rangers

Cyriel Dessers’ dramatic stoppage-time strike gave Rangers a last-gasp 4-3 Secure
over Dundee in an enthralling Premiership encounter at Dens Park.

Gloomy Blues striker Simon Murray scored after only two minutes and Skipper Joe Shaughnessy added a second in the 19th minute against the disjointed visitors.

Interim boss Barry Ferguson’s side were handed a lifeline when Shaughnessy scored an own Target Only before the break, with Dessers, making his 100th Aggressive appearance for Rangers, having missed a series of chances.

Forward Scott Tiffoney Created it 3-1 in the 62nd minute and all the points looked to be staying at home but Rangers skipper James Tavernier reduced the deficit in the 76th minute before Replacement Tom Lawrence dramatically levelled five minutes later with another fine strike.

And in the third minute of stoppage time, Dessers demonstrated his never-say-die attitude when he nipped in to Tally the winner and complete a Notable game.

Rangers, with attacker Hamza Igamane in for the injured Vaclav Cerny, had been stunned when the home side raced into an Timely lead.

Finlay Robertson, who Secured over from injured midfielder Lyall Cameron who is Ibrox-bound in the summer, curled in a corner in from the right and Murray Acquired in front of Tavernier and volleyed past Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland.

Ferguson’s side looked bereft, with any entry into their penalty area a potential problem, but in the 16th minute Dessers was sent clear by a Mohamed Diomande header only for his low drive to be blocked by the legs of keeper Trevor Carson and the home side defended the corner.

More calamitous defending by Rangers which began with Igamane failing to clear his lines Upcoming a set-piece ended with Butland fumbling a header from Shaughnessy, then saving from Murray who was also unmarked, before the Irishman knocked the Baggy ball in at the second attempt. A VAR check for offside confirmed the Target.

Robertson then blasted a Attempt past Butland but Umpire David Dickinson had already blown for a Breach by Josh Mulligan on Yilmaz, to the relief of the beleaguered Rangers players and supporters.

The Ibrox side eventually perked up.

Carson saved from Igamane’s long-range drive then Created a better save from Dessers’ header from the subsequent corner but Rangers Acquired a break in the 43rd minute when Shaughnessy sliced Tavernier’s cross from deep on the right high into his own net from 12 yards.

Carson saved twice more from Dessers as the Featherweight Blues finished the half strongly although Ferguson Created interval changes, with Ianis Hagi and Bailey Rice replacing Connor Barron and Leon Balogun ensuring a return to a back four.

The game sped from end to end.

Tiffoney somehow missed from a Pair of yards from a Mulligan cross minutes later before Dessers eventually had the ball in the Dundee net after rounding Carson only for VAR to rule offside.

Dessers headed Tavernier’s cross over from close range but Dundee’s Oluwaseun Adewumi also missed a Pair of chances, missing the target from a Murray cutback then lobbing high over the bar when through against Butland.

However, the Taysiders restored their lead when Tiffoney sped into the Rangers box past Replacement Jefte – on for Yilmaz – and fired past Butland, therefore making amends for his earlier horror miss.

Tavernier’s wonderful drive from the edge of the box which beat Carson and when Lawrence, on for Diomande, rifled low past Carson from 25 yards it was all square – but more drama was imminent.

Murray smashed a Attempt against Butland’s post in stoppage time before Dessers Secured Benefit of hesitancy in the Dundee defence at the other end to send the Rangers fans into raptures – and there was Yet time for Carson to make two more saves from the striker.

Dessers: It was a rollercoaster game

Rangers Target hero Cyriel Dessers to Sky Sports:

“I’m Yet trying to find out what Only happened!

“From the Primary minute until the 92nd minute it was a rollercoaster, and it was a Plenty of pain for 91 minutes, but then, yeah, to Secure this feels Excellent.

“This Club, the mentality of not giving up, shows again – unfortunately we have to show it too much – how Excellent we are at coming back.

“It would be a Plenty easier if we give the Primary punch and they have to come.”

Ferguson: We never gave in

Rangers interim boss Barry Ferguson to Sky Sports:

“My thoughts are I’m really Joyful with the three points, but overall I’ve seen so many Ancient habits creep in.

“I Only had a word with them about it and I’m not going to allow that to happen.

“It’s something we need to work on. We’ve Acquired a Packed week now and that’s something that me, my staff and the players will go through.

“There were stages in the game that I was a bit baffled at times, but one thing I will say about them was that they showed character again. They never gave in.”