Rangers defeat to Ross County was 'coming from word go' as Ally McCoist gives ONE Ibrox star Dingwall pass marks

Ally McCoist concedes Rangers' defeat to Ross County was one you could see coming from the first kick.

Philippe Clement and his troops suffered a shock defeat in Dingwall as their title hopes took a major hit. Brendan Rodgers and Celtic upped the ante by defeating St Mirren 24 hours previous to open a four point gap but the Light Blues failed to respond meaning the champions are now in control. The Ibrox men can claw it back to one point before the split begins by dumping Dundee in their game in hand tomorrow night.

Rangers legend and pundit McCoist admitted it was one of those games that County looked much hungrier than James Tavernier and Co and from the first whistle it was one of those results and performances you could see happening. Jack Butland - who has had brilliant debut campaign in Glasgow - was singled out for praise and pass marks in otherwise an afternoon to forget.

Responding to host Jeff Stelling, McCoist told talkSPORT: "I think to be fair I will be the one who decides whether I have recovered. It will take at least, I would imagine, another 72 hours before I am over that, but fair play to Ross County who incidentally were tremendous and we weren't.

"Thoroughly deserved. They went about it and it was one of these games you watch and can see it coming from the word go. They were hungrier, effectively wanted it more and if it wasn't for Jack Butland again it wouldn't have been as close. He had another excellent game."

It comes as skipper Tavernier insisted NOTHING changes in the battle at the top with Celtic. He says Rangers will go all out to get the six wins required to lift the league crown.

He said: "We go into every game trying to win the game, nothing changes there. We are obviously going into these