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• Dundee United have lost after scoring the opening goal in the Premiership for the first time since 4 February 2023 against Hearts (16 games without defeat).

• Rangers have won their last three games in the Premiership, their last longer winning streak was from 1 December 2024 to 21 December 2024, a run of four games.

• Rangers have won after conceding the opening goal in the Premiership for the first time since 14 May 2024 against Dundee (eight games without a win).

• Ianis Hagi and James Tavernier have assisted five goals in the Premiership this season, no Rangers player has more.

• Samuel Dalby has scored 11 goals in the Premiership this season (one in this game), more than any other player.

• Rangers have scored in 21 of their 24 games, no team has done so more often in the Premiership this season.

• Rangers have scored in their last 16 games in the Premiership, their longest run of games with a goal in the competition since a run of 28 games from 16 September 2023 to 14 April 2024.

• Rangers have scored in each of their last 16 games in the Premiership, scoring 35 goals in that run.

We asked for your views on Rangers' 3-1 win against Dundee United.

Here's what some of you said:

Ray: Good away win after playing Manchester United, went a goal down then the confidence was coming into the game, all the Rangers goals were well taken with quality. Cyriel Dessers was very good, the red card was a nightmare, no way was that a red card. A very good performance by Rangers, three points to the good.

Sally: Jack Butland seems uncomfortable coming from crosses and is not entirely convincing. Once again Dessers makes the difficult goals look easy. The sending off was a bit soft as players on both teams raised their hands during the incident. Mohamed Diomande did raise his hand deliberately.

Reese: I hope Dessers stays at Rangers because even despite his unlucky run of form, he's a determined player with good sportsmanship and attitude; the inverse of Alfredo Morelos. Those two goals against Manchester United and Dundee United have boosted him a bit. The issue isn't the frontline or midfield, it's the woeful defending. Hoping Rafael Fernandes aids this.

Peter: Going behind early as usual, and it looked as though it was going to be a long afternoon, that said they gave us a few scares. We got into a rhythm in the second half and a better performance. Has Dessers found his real scoring ability, five in three games? Nick Walsh must be blind to these incidents, Diomande must have been fed up with aggressive stuff all afternoon, and Kevin Holt was the instigator here.

Meco: Rangers didn't play too well in the first half, we were not winning the second balls but in the second half we won a lot of the second balls in midfield. I know Robin Propper scored but when big John Souttar is back I would put him and Clinton Nsiala on. A great three points, we move on. I don't get why Diomande got a red card, that was a mistake from the referee in my opinion.

Jonathan Sutherland
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Mohamed Diomande: The controversial red card will be debated long and hard but that should take nothing away from an excellent overall performance in midfield for Rangers and a superb goal that hauled his side level.

Hamza Igamane: Full of trickery and invention playing as a slightly withdrawn second striker to Cyriel Dessers. A maverick menace to the United defence all afternoon.

Rangers midfielder Kieran Dowell is in talks with Birmingham City over a loan switch that could see him head south of the border for the second half of the campaign. (Rangers Review)

Rangers manager Philippe Clement has played down suggestions Ridvan Yilmaz could be leaving because of hints on his social media. (Scottish Sun)

Spezia striker Antonio Colak still considers Rangers his favourite club, 18 months after leaving for Parma. (Scottish Sun)

Read the rest of Monday's gossip.

Watch highlights of Dundee United's 3-1 defeat against Rangers in the Scottish Premiership.

Rangers recovered from an early scare to defeat Dundee United in a pulsating, end-to-end clash and pick up their first away win in seven attempts.

Philippe Clement's side trail Celtic in the Scottish Premiership by 10 points and their poor away form - drawing their past three in the league - has put pressure on the Belgian manager.

What did you make of that, Rangers fans? Was it a deserved victory?

Who impressed you? And what did you make of the Mohamed Diomande red card?

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Rangers manager Philippe Clement told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound: "A very mature performance, a very good performance for sure in the second half also.

"A lot of braveness on the ball and a lot of power in the duels - necessary against a good Dundee United, who gave everything and they deserve to be in third position this season because they've shown a lot of quality the last couple of months.

"We've had to change a lot in the last couple of weeks and the team keeps on performing and that's a really good sign."

Asked about whether he expected players back for Thursday's final Europa League league phase match against Union Saint-Gilloise, Clement said, "there's a big chance Ridvan Yilmaz will be back".

And on transfers, Clement commented: "Those are questions for [CEO] Patrick [Stewart] and the board. I'm focused on the players that are here and focused on getting results."

Andrew Petrie
BBC Sport Scotland

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For the first half an hour, it looked like it might be another long away day for the travelling Rangers support.

They've drawn their last three on the road and hadn't won away since early December when they beat Ross County in Dingwall.

After an energy and morale-sapping loss to Manchester United on Thursday, they started slowly. Passes were wayward, there was little to no threat, and the hosts had them under real pressure from any set piece.

Diomande's goal breathed new life into them. Hamza Igamane looked more confident, nutmegging defenders at will, and his teammates started to address the physical challenge of United.

However, it wasn't until the 86th minute that they wrapped up the points with Dessers' sublime finish - a strike that suggests the Nigerian international is back to best as he followed up a brilliant goal in the Europea League.

Clement might not be completely enamoured with the performance then, and he'll be even angrier with Nick Walsh's decision to send off Diomande which looked incredibly harsh.

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Hamza Igamane. He proved to be the difference in the second half, tearing United's tiring defence apart with his mazy runs and trickery when one-on-one.

Cyriel Dessers was also impressive. He now has 18 goals for the season now and when he plays on instinct, he can be lethal.

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Dundee United remain without Craig Sibbald (groin) while Ross Docherty is rated "touch and go".

Rangers midfielder Mohamed Diomande returns from suspension while Leon Balogun, Connor Barron and Vaclav Cerny will be assessed after coming off at Old Trafford.

Ianis Hagi, Rabbi Matondo, Clinton Nsiala and Danilo are not part of Rangers' European squad but are available again, albeit the Brazilian striker has been injured. Dujon Sterling, John Souttar (groin) and Neraysho Kasanwirjo (knee), remain out.

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Philippe Clement is hopeful Rangers can eliminate individual errors and end their poor away form when they visit Tannadice on Sunday.

The Ibrox club have won just three of their 11 Scottish Premiership matches away from home this season and trail league leaders Celtic by 13 points.

In Wednesday night's Europa League clash at Old Trafford, Cyriel Dessers thought he'd rescued a Europa League point for Rangers before Bruno Fernandes ensured victory for Manchester United with a late goal, and Clement says his side must tighten up.

"The main thing this season is that in several games we made individual mistakes and because of that, we had to chase games," the Belgian manager told Sky Sports.

"And that's been our major problem.

"In the beginning of the season, in the first months, we had also a lot of new players, and they had to understand all the principles.

"They had to find this cohesion on the field, to do the right things at the right moment together.

"You see that better and better with the whole squad, even if players have to play different positions.

"So that's better, but the last few away games where we lost points, it was majorly because we were dominating games but we made individual mistakes so we need to take that one out."

West Ham and Villarreal have been keeping a close eye on Vaclav Cerny at Ibrox and would be prepared to outbid Rangers for the on-loan Wolfsburg winger in the summer. (Football Insider), external

Aberdeen have joined Rangers in the race to snap up Dundee midfielder Lyall Cameron, with the 22-year-old out of contract this summer. (Daily Mail), external

Nikola Katic is still considering his future at FC Zurich, with Swiss sources talking up a possible return to Rangers for the central defender, (Daily Express, print edition)

Read the rest of Saturday's Scottish gossip.

• Just 28% of Rangers' points in the Scottish Premiership this season have been earned away (13/47), a league-low ratio. Conversely, Dundee United have only picked up 49% of their points at home (18/37), with only St Johnstone (47%) having a lower such share.

• Dundee United are winless in eight league meetings with Rangers (D2 L6) since a 1-0 win in August 2021.

• Rangers have won their past two league visits to Tannadice without conceding; not since April 1978 have they won three such visits in a row while keeping a clean sheet each time.

• Rangers are winless in four away league games (D3 L1), last going longer without winning on their travels within a single league campaign in April 2017 (five).

• Vaclav Cerny's goals have been worth 10 points to Rangers in the Scottish Premiership this season, the most of any player for any side. The Czech international has also created a league-high 56 chances in the competition in 2024-25.

Rangers captain James Tavernier says he "can't fault" Jack Butland's performance against Manchester United, despite the former England goalkeeper scoring a calamitous own goal.

Philippe Clement's side held United until the 52nd minute when Butland punched a corner into his own net for the opener in Rangers' 2-1 defeat.

"I couldn't really see it, he told us it came off his glove as he's tried to punch it," Tavernier said.

"I can't fault him. It's a box full of tall lads, especially in their team, so they take full advantage of Jack coming for the ball, trying to help the team out.

"He's kept us in the game a lot of times, so I can't fault him."

Butland made a few fine saves, blocking a stinging close-range effort from Amad Diallo and a powerful header from Manuel Ugarte.

Rangers looked to have rescued a point with Cyriel Dessers' superb strike in the 88th minute, but Bruno Fernandes pounced for a stoppage-time United winner.

"In a split second, we lose a little bit of concentration, concede, and that is the level of the opposition we're playing - world-class players that can punish you if switch off," Tavernier said.

"These games come down to chance and how clinical you are in the 18-yard box. Ridvan [Yilmaz], Hamza [Igamane] had great chances, Nico [Raskin] had a great chance. They are the small differences. At this level you have to take them."

Kheredine Idessane
BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter

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Rangers defender Robin Propper praised his side's "great mentality" after they nearly snatched a precious Europa League point at Old Trafford against Manchester United.

Despite three key players going off injured and others having to play out of position in Philippe Clement's makeshift backline, it took a stoppage-time winner from Bruno Fernandes to defeat Rangers, who are now guaranteed a play-off spot.

Dutch defender Propper was quick to highlight teenagers Bailey Rice and Findlay Curtis, who both came off the bench in the second half.

"It's amazing how the young guys came in," Propper said. "We did it together with great mentality. A lot of position switching, young guys coming in to these kind of games, that's really good to see.

"It's disappointing we have a lot of injuries and that we have to do that but they did great. In the end, we made it really hard for Man United to win this game."

Leon Balogun, Connor Barron and Vaclav Cerny all came off injured, adding to a casualty list that already includes John Souttar and Neraysho Kasanwirjo.

Rangers finished with a left-back Ridvan Yilmaz playing right-back and captain James Tavernier moving to centre-half, beside Propper.

"You see with his quality and with his experience, he can play everywhere I think," Propper said of Tavernier.

"He's already managed to go to right winger from right full-back and then to central defender so he can play there, he has a lot of experience."

We asked for your views on Rangers' 2-1 defeat against Manchester United in the Europa League.

Here's what some of you said:

Peter: What an enigma Jack Butland is, great vital save when needed, then bang, crazy. I felt we did a good job up to then, we defended well. I felt sorry for Cyriel Dessers, I thought he'd salvaged something for us. You could see him welling up.

Brian C: Credible performance against an average Manchester United team. Bruno Fernandes the only quality player on the pitch. Butland always has a mistake in him - very suspect on crosses - he costs us dearly time and again.

Steven: Gutted. Thought we deserved the draw to be fair. Soft decision to not let United's first goal stand, but to be fair to Robin Propper, this behaviour is seen every week in every league. Butland kept us in it despite his howler and Dessers' goal was so well taken. Concentration for 90 minutes is the message now.

Brian R: Rangers may not have leave Old Trafford with the points but they did leave with respect. Manchester United got their points by two bad mistakes by our defence, that was the difference between them and us. Rangers are losing too many star players covering defensive positions and that's showing in their performances.

Steve: Proud of the performance of a weakened team. I never expected anything from Old Trafford, but scoring so late, it was devastating to lose a point. Worse that we handed it to the millionaires with two errors. Still very proud of the team and optimistic with the young talent we have.

Joseph: Rangers battled well and deserved a draw after Dessers' magnificent equaliser. Good to see a few academy players get a chance even if it was due to injuries. In the past we would have expected a heavy defeat at Old Trafford but we have improved when we are disappointed to lose 2-1 by conceding a late goal.

Manager Philippe Clement says he is "very proud" of his Rangers team after an injury-time strike condemned them to Europa League defeat at Man United.

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• Manchester United have scored four goals in the last 15 minutes of the second half, only Besiktaş (5) and PAOK (5) have scored more in the Europa League this season.

• Rangers have scored in all seven games in the Europa League this season, their longest stretch of matches with a goal in the competition since a run of eight from 21 October 2021 to 17 March 2022.

• Manchester United scored a 90th-minute winning goal for the eighth time in major European competition, more often than any other English side (Arsenal and Chelsea – seven each).

• James Tavernier has assisted two goals in the Europa League this season (one in this game), no Rangers player has more.

• Cyriel Dessers scored Rangers' first competitive goal against Manchester United with their 49th shot against the Red Devils in major European competition.

• In Bailey Rice (18y 11d) and Findlay Curtis (18y 114d), two players aged 18 or under appeared in the same game for Rangers in major European competition for the first time since November 2009, when Danny Wilson and John Fleck played for against Stuttgart in the Champions League.

Rangers winger Rabbi Matondo's proposed loan move to Coventry City has broken down after the clubs were unable to agree on the bonuses involved as part of the deal for the 24-year-old Wales international. (Sky Sports), external

Atletico Madrid are keen on striking a deal for Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Fabio Silva in the summer transfer window with the Portuguese starring on loan to Las Palmas following a disappointing spell last season with Rangers. (TeamTalk), external

Read Friday's Scottish Gossip in full.