Lawrence delivers a merry Rangers dance as Igamane proves he's got the moves in Dundee United win – 3 talking points

Resolute Rangers stood tall to secure a morale-boosting 1-0 win over Dundee United as they cut the gap on leaders' Celtic and Aberdeen to five points.

Tom Lawrence's seventh-minute strike settled it as Philippe Clement's side put paid to a challenging fortnight with issues to deal with on multiple fronts. Skipper James Tavernier accosted outside Ibrox after a 3-0 defeat to Celtic, the Belgian then hosted a Q&A before chairman John Bennett exited due to health reasons. But Tannadice proved a venue to soar not sink as they ground out all three points against Jim Goodwin's side.

A grump shared by Rangers fans has been the tentative nature of their away displays, dating back months, so there would have been delight over the red-hot intent shown from the first whistle. And it paid off as Lawrence danced his way through before finishing with aplomb. United were trapped and couldn't get out but the magic feet of David Babunski befuddled the Rangers midfield and allowed them to breath after being outplayed for 20 minutes Clement grimaced under the shade of the Tannadice touchline as the hosts were able to creep up the pitch in instalments after previously being pinned in.

And there was on-field apoplexy from Rangers players as they begged referee Don Robertson to escalate Emmanuel Adegboyega's yellow card to VAR's attention. But the video team backed up their man on the field. The second half was much more like it, the handbrake was off from both teams and punters in both ends lapped it up.

Kristijan Trapanovski had his hand in his head after his shot clonked the post, however, on closer inspection it showed the deflection off Barron was the reason it caused Jack Butland to frantically scramble across his goal. And there was