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Rangers “don’t need to speak about titles now”, says manager Philippe Clement after his side were held to a draw by Dundee United.
Vaclav Cerny’s leveller countered Sam Dalby’s opener but the Ibrox side could not find the winner that would have moved them within six points of Aberdeen and six ahead of United.
Despite this draw being the first time Rangers have dropped points at Ibrox this season, they have now let 13 slip in their opening 12 league games and are 11 points behind leaders Celtic.
“We don’t need to speak about titles now; we need to speak about raising our level because we don’t have control over how many points other teams take,” said Clement.
“It’s totally not acceptable to lose that many points. We all know, I know, the players know so there’s hard work to be done to make that better in the next couple of months.”
Cerny and Nico Raskin drew saves from Jack Walton early on and Nedim Bajrami’s powerful, curling effort was tipped wide by the goalkeeper.
However, a well-organised and dilligent United gained some territory and Vicko Sevelj’s deep cross found Dalby unmarked to head past the exposed Jack Butland.
It almost got worse for Rangers when Dalby got into a good shooting position only to see his low effort blocked by a stray foot, and team-mate David Babunski headed wide from an unmarked position early in the second half.
Rangers improved after the break as United tried to hold on to what they had.
Substitute Danilo turned wide and Cerny’s fierce effort flew past as the hosts tried to force their way level.
And the equaliser came when Cerny’s one-two with Danilo ended with a cool finish from close range.
Walton then came to United’s rescue when he kept out Ianis Hagi’s long-range effort and Robin Propper’s follow-up, before Hamza Igamane was also denied by the keeper.
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