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  1. Rangers 3-1 Dundee: Key statspublished at 12:16 10 December 2023

    • Rangers have scored in 14 of their 16 games, no team has done so more often in the Scottish Premiership this season.

    • Phillipe Clement's side have won their last three games in the Scottish Premiership, their last longer winning streak was from 8 October 2023 to 12 November 2023, a run of five games.

    • Rangers have scored in their last 12 games in the Scottish Premiership, their longest run of games with a goal in the competition since a run of 26 games from 17 September 2022 to 15 April 2023.

    • The Ibrox club have won seven points from losing positions in the Scottish Premiership this season, only Motherwell (eight) have recovered more.

    • Amadou Bakayoko scored after just 4 minutes, 50 seconds, the fastest goal for Dundee in the league this season.

    • Dundee have lost nine points from winning positions in the Scottish Premiership this season, no team has lost more.

    • Dundee have lost after scoring the opening goal in the Scottish Premiership for the first time since 15 May 2022 against Livingston (six games without defeat).

  2. 'I'm not surprised by Rangers penalty, but it's soft'published at 18:55 9 December 2023

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  3. Rangers 3-1 Dundee: Have your saypublished at 18:23 9 December 2023

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  4. Rangers 3-1 Dundee: What the manager saidpublished at 18:08 9 December 2023

    Dundee manager Tony DochertyImage source, SNS

    Dundee manager Tony Docherty questioned the penalty award that he thought turned the game in Rangers' favour at Ibrox.

    He has sympathy for Kevin Clancy, saying the referee had "no choice" to give a spot-kick considering the image he was shown on the VAR screen.

    However, Docherty believes that both Rangers striker Abdallah Sima and Dundee defender Aaron Donnelly had a hold of each others' shirt in real time.

    "Disappointment is the over-riding feeling," he tells BBC Scotland. "We started the game well, we gained territory,

    "They then equalise - I think it was an unforced error from us, but the game turns when Rangers get awarded a penalty and I think we could have done a bit more in the second half.

    "It kind of petered out a bit. But I can't be too hard on the boys - they have been fantastic for me this season."

  5. Rangers 3-1 Dundee: Analysispublished at 17:48 9 December 2023

    Rangers' Jose Cifuentes fouls Dundee's Amadou BakayokoImage source, SNS
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    Dundee were unable to capitalise on the red card shown to Rangers midfielder Jose Cifuentes for a challenge on visiting scorer Amadou Bakayoko

    Clive Lindsay, BBC Sport Scotland

    Having been thumped 5-0 in the reverse fixture at Dens Park, this was always going to be an uphill battle for Dundee - even if they did arrive at Ibrox unbeaten in three away from home.

    They have now lost eight in a row against Rangers - an aggregate of 22-2 - and 16 in a row at Ibrox since a 2-0 win under Ivano Bonetti in March 2001.

    However, manager Tony Docherty will be telling his players to quickly move on to more winnable games and will point out that, at times, they did worry the side chasing Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

  6. Rangers 3-1 Dundee: Who impressed?published at 17:34 9 December 2023

    Dundee's Amadou Bakayoko and Lyall CameronImage source, SNS
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    Lyall Cameron (right) was a constant livewire in the Dundee midfield and threatened on a couple of occasions in the defeat by Rangers at Ibrox