Robin Propper claims Rangers have NOT gone backwards since stunning win over Celtic

Robin Propper claims Rangers have NOT gone backwards since their Old Firm triumph.

But the Dutch defender does admit he’s struggling to figure out why the stuttering Ibrox side are trapped in reverse gear on the road. Thursday night’s dismal draw at Dundee was the fourth away game on the trot that Philippe Clement’s Gers have slipped up away from Ibrox. The result was the latest in a long line if letdowns for the frustrated Ibrox support, who have now watched their team drop 20 points from the 33 available on opposition territory. Yet the 1-1 stalemate came just a week on from a scintillating derby display which finally saw the Light Blues get one over on Celtic at the seventh attempt under Clement.

Asked if Gers had gone backwards from that 3-0 Hoops victory, Propper insisted: “No, of course not. It was a big game, it's a different game than the games we play now. These are away games with different opponents. I think you need to play a different kind of football. We need to find a solution for this one.”

But Propper confessed he wasn’t quite sure why Gers have struggled to replicate their home form - where they have spilled only two points this term - at the other Premiership grounds. He said: “That we dropped points is hard to take again, especially in an away game.

“Of course, we need to be better, we need to finish off our chances, we need to have more chances. And the goals we concede, it's too easy again. We need to find a solution for that as quickly as possible.

“It's difficult to say [why this keeps happening]. We try really hard, everybody wants it. We want to take three points, we want to be happy and cheering with the fans, of course.

“They are there for us again in many ways. It's hard to take, I don't