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John Souttar insists it is vital to keep clean sheets as he delivered his Dundee United verdict.

The Rangers stopper helped his side from conceding at Tannadice with Tom Lawrence the matchwinner.

Speaking to Sky Sports post-match, he deliverd his verdict on the first and second half displays.

We probably made it difficult for ourselves second half. In the first half I thought we were in the ascendancy and moved it well. Second half we didn't do it as much but it is important in games like away from home that we keep a clean sheet and we know we have the quality who will score goals.

Tom Lawrence was delighted to help Rangers return to winning ways.

He admits he may well should have bagged more than just the goal, that proved the winning strike at Tannadice.

Speaking to Sky Sports post-match he hailed the performance and praise his team-mates for digging in when it was needed to claim maximum points on the road.

Big result. It's been a long international break. It was a good performance and we dug in when we needed too and got the three points. I should have killed off the game with the chances I had but I am just happy for the lads that we got the three points.

Philippe Clement has hailed Rangers' win over Dundee United as a 'big result' - as he identified the ONE thing lacking at Tannadice.

Tom Lawrence has the hero on the day as he netted in the opening minutes to secure a big morale boosting three points after a difficult fortnight since the defeat to Celtic.

They've moved to within five points of the Hoops and Aberdeen at the league summit and leapfrogged Dundee United with the win on the road.

Dundee United and Rangers both have the chance to book a League Cup semi-final spot next week.

Jim Goodwin's men are first up on Friday night when they face Motherwell at Fir Park under the lights.

Philippe Clement and Co then host Dundee 24 hours later with Aberdeen vs Spartans and Celtic vs Falkirk making up the other two fixtures with four teams reaching the national stadium.

Rangers leapfrog Dundee United into third after success over the newly promoted side.

Philippe Clement's men also cut the gap back to five points on unbeaten Aberdeen and Celtic at the top.

Tom Lawrence was the Tannadice hero as Rangers dumped Dundee United on the road.

His great finish with seven minutes on the clock proved the difference as the Light Blues cut the gap on perfect Aberdeen and Celtic at the league summit.

IT's been a challenging fortnight for Philippe Clement and his troops but they secured a morale-boosting win in the sunshine in the City of Discovery.

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Rangers climb above their Tannadice opponents into third place in the Scottish Premiership.

Tom Lawrence put the visitors ahead early on with a lovely little dinked finish but Rangers failed to capitalise on their dominance and at times had to hold on to their one-goal advantage.

Dundee United have been a formidable opponent this season and started the day ahead Rangers in the table by one point, unbeaten in eight, and recording three clean sheets on the spin but they failed to find a clear route to goal at all in the first 45 minutes and were unable to be clinical when necessary after the interval to level the score.

Raskin gets this one. Barjami then gets one moments later.

Will Rangers hold on?

Will United find a dramatic leveller?

The game has hit another lull as the clock ticks down with a dangerous Luca Stephenson leading to a free kick for Rangers after the ref gave a foul for a challenge on Jack Butland.

Ross Docherty's attempt from 20-yard out loops wide of the post after Butland palmed away a fizzed cross.

It's getting tense with just over five minutes to go.

This time it's for Philippe Clement for dissent.

Jefte is the next player to go into the referee's book.

The visitors have weathered the United storm - for now anyway - and are knocking it about with a bit more comfort again.

Babunski and Van Der Sande are off.

Dalby and Moult enter the match,

Dujon Sterling picks this one up.

It's an excellent ball through from Igamane to Lawrence who is racing into the area.

He gets his shot off but Jack Walton gets down sharply to keep the game at just one goal in it.

Dowell and Diomande are off.

Sterling and Raskin are on.

A few minutes ago Rangers switched out Cyriel Dessers for Hamza Igamane.

United are the team looking more likely to score just now but Lawrence shot a few moments ago was a warning shot they they're not resting on their one-goal lead

Can either side find a way to goal to tip the balance of the game with time running out?

One of United's most potent weapons at times is the long throw from Ross Graham.

He launches one in that calls the Rangers back line into action and they knock it out for a corner.

The set-piece fails to beat the first man, though.

Similar to his goal, Lawrence drives into the box and gets the luck of the bounce as it falls kindly for him to have a go.

He tries to send this one high into he far top corner from the left corner of the box but it just creeps over the bar.

United are attacking and in the Rangers box again but Jort van der Sande can't make it stick before it bounces through for Butland to scoop up.

The ball is switched out to Kristijan Trapanovski who beats Robin Propper but can't get his shot away from inside the box before Kieran Dowell recovers well to clean up.

The resulting United corner is swung straight back out of the play.

Ross Graham is in the book now.

The corner is looped in and knocked further back in the box to Kristijan Trapanovski who sees his effort go well wide.

Kristijan Trapanovski does brilliantly to work his way from the right-hand side of the box to the edge of the area and takes his chance to have a shot at goal.

It takes a deflection, which might actually help it closer to goal, but it squirms just narrowly wide of the post for a United corner.

Butland tries to play it out from the back and his pass it deflected by Craig Sibbald but the keeper's blushes are spared as the United man can't get it under control just outside of the area.

That does give the home fans a chance to roar their side on though, something they've not had much of so far this afternoon.

United surge forward and David Babunski works a yard of space on the edge of the box to have a crack at goal.

Unfortunately for the hosts, it's blocked before it can make its way towards Jack Butland in goal.