Rangers keeper Jack Butland accepts NOBODY believes they are title fighters but insists Ibrox inner sanctum is different

Jack Butland insists Rangers still believe they’re fighting for the title - even if no-one else does.

Philippe Clement’s side spilled another two points on Saturday as they were held 1-1 at home to Dundee United. It’s left the beleaguered Belgian and his team 11 adrift of leaders Celtic and eight behind second-placed Aberdeen just 12 games into the new campaign.

Butland isn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet despite that huge deficit on Brendan Rodgers’ swaggering Celts. But the Ibrox No1 conceded few outside of Govan will give his side a chance. Asked if he believed Gers were still in the race for the Premiership crown, the Englishman said: “People might not think that - but you won't catch us not thinking that.

“The reality, we know what it looks like. We know we need to perform better if we want to be in a title race.

“By no means are we out of it, but we've given ourselves way too much to do at this point. We need to start closing that gap and performances like that aren't going to help us.”

Gers were booed off yet again at full-time as they failed to see off Jim Goodwin’s team at Ibrox. An abject first-half display saw Sam Dalby give the Tannadice outfit the lead.

Vaclav Cerny dragged the Light Blues level midway the second half but it wasn’t enough to spare Clement his latest round of jeers. The boss is clinging to his job but Butland reckons his players deserve their fair share of the flak.

Asked how he felt about the stain Clement is operating under, Butland said: “It's part and parcel of it. It's on all of us. If you're not winning at Rangers, it's on all of us.

“Ultimately, the manager faces that and he has to face that more than any of us, but it's on us all. We're not in a position, we're not going to be