Rangers held by Dundee as title hopes fade

GLASGOW: Rangers´ fading Scottish Premiership title hopes suffered another blow on Thursday with a 1-1 draw at Dundee but manager Philippe Clement insisted club bosses are “200 percent” behind him.

Second-placed Rangers are trailing leaders Celtic, who beat Dundee United 2-0 on Wednesday, by 15 points. Ranger have managed just three wins in 11 away league games this term, a dismal streak that will almost certainly leave them in Celtic´s wake in the title race.

When asked if the Rangers board were still behind him 100 per cent, Clement said: “Yes, 200 per cent. “We have talks every day about everything, about January, about next season, about everything. “Yes, of course the fans are unhappy. We are also unhappy, all of us are unhappy, to lose these three points.”

Despite beating Old Firm rivals Celtic 3-0 recently, Rangers can forget about ending their Glasgow neighbours´ run of three successive titles. They fell behind in the sixth minute when Oluwaseun Adewumi took advantage of poor defending to fire the hosts ahead.

Rangers winger Vaclav Cerny levelled in the 34th minute with the visitors´ first shot on target. But on a freezing night on Tayside there was no surge of improvement from the inconsistent Ibrox outfit.