Sam Dalby. Celebrated the news that he will stay in Dundee until the end of the season with an early goal - and could have scored at least one more when his header at the post. His physical, abrasive style has come to epitomise the dogged natured of this United side and he has become their talisman.

At the time Phillip Clement said he 'didn't understand' the referee's decision to give the player his marching orders.

Rauri Paton came in for a first start next to the league's top scorer Dalby, leading the line in a 4-4-2 formation. They matched Rangers' shape and enjoyed plenty of pressure in the first half-hour. Dalby hit the post with a header and Luca Stephenson had a placed shot tipped wide by Jack Butland.