Proud Dundee boss Mark McGhee insists his gamers had been innocent as champions Rangers launched a late present to safe three factors at Dens Park.
The Premiership 's backside facet had been forward for the many of the match by way of Christie Elliott however second half strikes from Aaron Ramsey and Connor Goldson earned the guests the win.
McGhee's facet are 4 factors adrift of St Johnstone however he believes there was loads to be inspired about earlier than Rangers' "inevitable" win.
The 64-year-old refused to rue his facet's luck to remain agency within the closing phases and launched an impassioned defence of the tactical show in opposition to Gio van Bronckhorst's facet.
Talking to Sky Sports activities, the Dundee boss mentioned: "It was powerful to take however we're lifelike as nicely.
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"We put plenty of effort into the early a part of the sport, I believed we performed fairly nicely, our techniques, our technique nullified Rangers.
"You possibly can say what you want, that they by no means performed nicely, I heard the lads, we by no means allow them to play nicely.
"However, sadly, we go into the second half, a few accidents, we begin to run out of vitality, they pile on the subs, we do not have that power in depth and might't preserve the extent of efficiency.
"So we find yourself dropping the sport within the latter phases, there's nothing we will do about it.
"I do not assume we may give an oz greater than we gave, we could not have completed tactically, we could not have completed when it comes to effort, or focus.
"In that final 20 minutes there was an inevitability about it that we will do nothing about."