Rangers 1-0 Dundee: Vaclav Cerny's decisive goal secures tight victory at Ibrox

Vaclav Cerny netted the lone goal as Rangers secured a victory over Dundee, bouncing back from their disappointment at Hampden Park and climbing to second place in the Scottish Premiership standings.

Philippe Clement told his Rangers players to forget their League Cup final disappointment as they looked to make it four straight wins in the league to cut the gap on leaders Celtic, until Sunday at least.

With Liam Kelly making his debut in goal after Jack Butland was replaced in the warm-up, they dominated, with Ianis Hagi and James Tavernier striking the bar as they pushed for the opener.

Cerny timed his run perfectly after the break to latch onto Danilo's flick and round Dundee goalkeeper Trevor Carson to open the scoring, with a lengthy VAR check confirming he was just onside.

Rangers also hit the woodwork twice in the second half and Hamza Igamane's effort was cleared off the line. Dundee refused to give up and Robin Propper did well to hook Simon Murray's ball off the line late on.

Rangers are up to second in the Premiership, eight points behind Celtic, who play Dundee United on Sunday, live on . Dundee remain seventh.

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