DundeeDundee |
0 - 10 - 1 |
RangersRangers |
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League (Premiership) |
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Goalscorers | |
None. | Joe Aribo (16) |
Team Managers | |
James McPake |
Steven Gerrard |
Starting Eleven | |
1. Adam Legzdins 3. Jordan Marshall 2. Cammy Kerr 4. Liam Fontaine 5. Ryan Sweeney 14. Lee Ashcroft 6. Jordan McGhee 8. Shaun Byrne 24. Max Anderson 29. Leigh Griffiths 18. Paul McMullan |
Jon McLaughlin .33 James Tavernier .2 Connor Goldson .6 Leon Balogun .26 Calvin Bassey .3 John Lundstram .4 Glen Kamara .18 Joe Aribo .17 Kemar Roofe .25 Alfredo Morelos .20 Ianis Hagi .7 |
Bench | |
21. Ian Lawlor 27. Corey Panter 10. Paul McGowan 23. Cillian Sheridan 35. Jason Cummings 17. Luke McCowan 7. Alex Jakubiak |
Allan McGregor .1 Borna Barisic .31 Nathan Patterson .16 Juninho Bacuna .22 Steven Davis .10 Scott Wright .23 Fashion Sakala .30 |
Substitutions | |
Jason Cummings for Leigh Griffiths (39) Paul McGowan for Max Anderson (62) Alex Jakubiak for Shaun Byrne (74) |
None. |
Cautions | |
Jordan Marshall (53) |
Jon McLaughlin (59) Joe Aribo (91) Juninho Bacuna (92) |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Bobby Madden (Referee) |
It was a familiar tale for Dundee this afternoon as the Dark Blues missed chance after chance and lost 1-0 to Rangers at the Kilmac Stadium. Joe Aribo scored the early winner and Rangers went on to dominate the possession statistics. But Dundee had the better chances and even missed a second half penalty when Jason Cummings failed to score after Paul McMullan was fouled as he was about to put the ball into an open goal.
James McPake made one change from Wednesday night. Ryan Sweeney came in for Paul McGowan as the Dee switched to five at the back.
Dundee got off to a fast start, taking only six seconds to get their first shot in. From the kick off Paul McMullan startled Rangers by racing past three players before his shot from 18 yards was blocked. The ball was quickly returned into the penalty area but Leigh Griffiths couldn’t get any power in his header.
The Dee did all the attacking in the first few minutes and continued to threaten, particularly at set pieces, against a sloppy Rangers defence. Lee Ashcroft headed on a corner but Leigh Griffiths couldn’t react quickly enough at the far post and his header was weak and cleared.
Rangers may have been surprisingly poor at the back but they soon started to look ominously dangerous as they moved the ball slickly around in the final third. Kemal Roofe turned and flashed a shot past the post at the end of a sustained Rangers attack.
Dundee passed up another great chance when Jordan McGhee ran unmarked onto Liam Fontaine’s cross, but sent his header straight at McLaughlin from six yards.
After 16 minutes the visitors took the lead with a cleverly worked goal. Alfredo Morelos’s quick flick played Joe ARIBO through on goal, and he calmly clipped the ball past Adam Legzdins.
Rangers continued to struggle defending set pieces and could have conceded a quick equaliser when they failed to clear a corner. The ball bounced agonisingly around in the goalmouth with no Dark Blue able to get a clean shot in.
Leigh Griffiths had two shots on target within a minute, but Rangers keeper Jon McLaughlin dealt well with both. The first was an 18 yard volley after a free kick was headed on to him. Rangers immediately lost possession when they tried to come forward and McGhee played Griffiths in. The striker moved the ball onto his left foot but couldn’t get enough power in his shot.
Goldson was short with a headed backpass that Griffiths intercepted before McLaughlin could reach it but Rangers were able to scramble their way out of trouble. Balogun was extremely lucky when he tried to play out from the back in front of his own goal. With his goalkeeper out of position he played a pass against the nearby McMullan and was relieved when the ball rebounded to him.
Rangers had more of the ball but were creating fewer chances. Roofe had another good effort when he skillfully made space and his fierce shot was pushed over by Legzdins.
Leigh Griffiths was carrying an ankle injury and was replaced late in the first half by Jason Cummings.
Dundee were dangerous right from the start of the second half. Ryan Sweeney got onto the end of Paul McMullan’s free kick but sent his header straight at McLaughlin.
Max Anderson robbed Glen Kamara in midfield but with Rangers’ defence wide open he overhit the pass that should have sent Cummings clear.
Rangers then put Dundee under a prolonged spell of extreme pressure but couldn’t break down the stout Dark Blue defence. When a chance came it was at the other end.
Anderson hit a fine long pass for McMullan whose first touch with his chest took the last man, Goldson, out of the game. McMullan raced in on goal, rounded the keeper, but was flattened by McLaughlin’s challenge before he could roll the ball into the empty goal.
Referee Bobby Madden decided the keeper’s goal-saving foul was worth only a yellow card and McLaughlin stayed on the field to block Cummings’ penalty kick. The ball rebounded high into the air and McLaughlin was able to gather it as it came down.
The last half hour was spent mainly in the Dundee half as Rangers probed for a second goal and the Dark Blues defended impressively.
Rangers remained slack and vulnerable at the back. There was always hope that a Dee break would catch them out, or Rangers’ luck at set pieces would run out. Jordan Marshall had two excellent runs down the left in which he skinned Tavernier each time, but McGhee headed wide the first time, and a desperate last ditch tackle halted the second raid.
In injury time Rangers had two players booked for time wasting, which tells a story of how the game went. Dundee got almost everything right today. The game plan was effective. The defence was tight and Rangers had to craft a very good goal to get past the Dee back line. Dundee were always competitive and worked hard in midfield and attack where they harried Rangers and forced a stream of mistakes from the league leaders.
Sadly none of the openings resulted in a goal, and that was the Dark Blues only, but massive, failing today.
Match report written by James Christie - Official Dundee Website
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Adam Legzdins (GK) | 34 |
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12 | - | 28 | - |
Lee Ashcroft | 28 |
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12 | 1 | 45 | 8 |
Ryan Sweeney | 24 |
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6 | - | 6 | - |
Liam Fontaine | 35 |
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9 | - | 33 | 4 |
Cammy Kerr | 25 |
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7 | - | 188 | 4 |
Jordan Marshall | 24 |
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9 | - | 64 | 1 |
Jordan McGhee | 25 |
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11 | - | 63 | 7 |
Max Anderson | 20 |
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10 | - | 37 | 4 |
Shaun Byrne | 28 |
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10 | - | 71 | - |
Paul McMullan | 25 |
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11 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
Leigh Griffiths | 31 |
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4 | - | 66 | 33 |
Paul McGowan (sub) | 33 |
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12 | 2 | 264 | 20 |
Jason Cummings (sub) | 26 |
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11 | 5 | 29 | 13 |
Alex Jakubiak (sub) | 25 |
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6 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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1. | Hearts | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | +9 | 18 |
2. | Rangers | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | +7 | 16 |
3. | Motherwell | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | +4 | 14 |
4. | Hibernian | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | +6 | 12 |
5. | Dundee Utd | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 10 |
6. | Celtic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +12 | 9 |
7. | Aberdeen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
8. | St Johnstone | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
9. | St Mirren | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -7 | 4 |
10. | Livingston | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 4 |
11. | Ross County | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 3 |
12. | Dundee | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 3 |
Good afternoon and welcome to the Kilmac Stadium for today's match.
I'd like to start by welcoming Steven and his backroom staff along to the match.
It was another frustrating match on Wednesday evening against St. Johnstone, We were in control of the game but being in control, creating chances. looking like a good footballing team and moving the ball about isn't going to win us games.
Putting the ball in the back of the net will do that. That's what we need to do. You do that and you get a foothold in the game, you have that bit of security and your confidence grows.
It's hard because you watch that first 60 minutes and the players look confident, they are creating chances and moving the ball. The ball just isn't going in the net.
It was a hard one to take particularly after the chances we had in the first half. I feel like a broken record though as I am coming out and saying the same things.
The first one was a poor goal. It was a set play and it was ridiculous that we lost that goal. It was really poor defending and the same at the second goal.
I can't fault the effort. People can look at us and say we are playing nice football but we are just not putting the ball in the back of the net.
People are getting fed up with me saying it and I am getting fed up saying it. We could have been giving St Johnstone a mountain to climb in the second half but we didn't do that.
At this level we have to be ruthless and start scoring goals. It is frustrating but we have been back on the training pitch and are determined to put it right.