Instead, I saw the best performance from any Dundee team at Ibrox in my lifetime - a night-and-day transformation from the limp showing against Hibs. Dundee were mature, combative, disciplined and, on the balance of play, deserved all three points. Then came Don Robertson's penalty decision, which was nothing short of appalling.
Last week I said I was fully braced for defeat. Instead, I saw the best performance from any Dundee team at Ibrox in my lifetime - a night-and-day transformation from the limp showing against Hibs.
This time there was cohesion. The team moved as one, playing for set-pieces, restricting Rangers to scraps, and making every single one of the travelling support proud.
Dundee were mature, combative, disciplined and, on the balance of play, deserved all three points.
Then came Don Robertson's penalty decision, which was nothing short of appalling. Djeidi Gassama was already tugging at Drey Wright's shorts before initiating contact, yet somehow the Dundee player was penalised. There was no challenge from Wright - nothing to warrant a foul. VAR should have told Robertson to review it at the very least. It was an abysmal, costly call.
Still, the match was historic - the first time in 24 years Dundee have left Ibrox without defeat. This instills belief in the team and if Dundee can reproduce the level of maturity and bite they showed on Saturday, Steven Pressley's tenure could end up shocking his doubters.
We're still expecting more signings but the arrival of Yan Dhanda may prove to be the pick of the lot. A midfielder with the capabilities of creating chances and scoring goals are far and few in between and Dundee have landed one who is proven in the Premiership.
It's the kind of signing that gives the whole place a lift. Simon Murray was two goals away from the Golden Boot last season and will now be supplied by a playmaker with whom he already has a relationship on the pitch from their time at Ross County. It makes the deal all the sweeter.
Dundee have been starved of a formidable frontline partnership in the Premiership for nine years, since the days of Kane Hemmings and Greg Stewart. Perhaps Murray and Dhanda will feed that appetite in the games to come.
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