Rangers' title hopes dented as Dundee tear up script

Rangers - 0 Dundee United - 1: Dundee United breathed life into their fight for survival and threw Rangers' title hopes into…

Rangers - 0 Dundee United - 1: Dundee United breathed life into their fight for survival and threw Rangers' title hopes into disarray with a shock win at Ibrox. It was top versus bottom and on paper United should not even have bothered turning up - instead they ripped up the script in a bid to rewrite the ending to their season. Stuart Duff grabbed the goal that mattered after just eight minutes and, despite enough chances to run up a cricket score, Rangers could not find a reply.

Both teams headed into this game knowing that a win could have a significant impact on their respective seasons.

League leaders Rangers were desperate to extend their one-point lead over Celtic while bottom side United were battling for their lives. Their reasons for needing the points may have been polar opposites but the resolve and determination from both teams was exactly the same.

It had not all been doom and gloom down Tannadice way recently and the adrenalin from booking their place in the Tennent's Scottish Cup final at the weekend was clearly still surging through their veins.