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SPL: Rangers 2 Dundee United 2 |
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Saturday, 05 August 2006 |
 United draw 2-2 all at Ibrox in the Scottish Premier League clash after being 2-0 up.
Scottish Premier League - Ibrox Stadium
Date: 5th August 2006 | Attendance: 50,394
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| | Rangers | 2 - 2 | Dundee United |
| Chris Burke (57)
Steven Robb (og 79)
| | Noel Hunt (15)
Christian Kalvenes (56)
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United were a team already under pressure following their 2-1 defeat at the hands of Falkirk in last week's opening game of the Bank of Scotland Premier League season.
And the display had prompted chairman Eddie Thompson to launch into a scathing attack on manager Craig Brewster and his players within ear-shot of a group of journalists.
But those disparaging remarks appeared to have had a positive effect when Noel Hunt and new recruit Christian Kalvenes gave them a 2-0 lead.
However, Rangers managed to rescue a point thanks to goals from Chris Burke, who netted seconds after coming off the bench, and United's Steven Robb, who unwittingly did likewise late in the game.
Rangers fans had welcomed Le Guen to his first competitive game at Ibrox with a colourful card display, representing the flags of his native France and Scotland.
But Hunt threatened to spoil the party when he shrugged off Karl Svensson to collect a Stuart Duff ball from the left, before dispatching the shot clinically in the top corner.
Rangers had already squandered a couple of chances when Libor Sionko's ferocious volley was punched to safety by Derek Stillie, before Charlie Adam's netbound effort was cleared off the line by Greg Cameron.
Now a goal behind, they continued to pile on the pressure and Thomas Buffel managed to create a couple of changes, but he proved to be as wasteful with those efforts as he had been at Motherwell last week.
It was also proving to be a frustrating afternoon for Sionko, who saw his thunderous drive smash off the crossbar seconds later.
Rangers' misfiring was matched in equal measures by the last-ditch defending of Dundee United. Cameron was again on hand to hook a Julien Rodriguez header off the line and Rangers could only watch on in disbelief as Mark Kerr denied Dado Prso in a carbon-copy effort seconds later.
Kris Boyd, back from suspension, was named on the bench along with new signing Filip Sebo and the now-fit Burke.
And last season's top goalscorer found himself thrown into the action in place of Adam at the break in the hope of rescuing the game for Rangers.
However, it was Dundee United who almost snatched a second goal courtesy of Cameron, but he was given a taste of his own medicine when Alan Hutton threw his body in front of the shot to block.
Seconds later, the ball was in the back of the net anyway. Barry Robson flighted a corner into the packed goalmouth and it was new recruit Kalvenes who rose above everyone else to nod home with 55 minutes gone.
Burke was immediately introduced for Svensson and clawed a goal back 60 seconds later when he turned in the box and squeezed a left-footed drive home at the near post to drag Rangers back into the match.
Sebo, signed for #1.8million from Austria Vienna earlier in the week, was handed his Rangers debut when he replaced Prso for the final 20 minutes.
But it was a far more unlikely source who supplied the goal they were desperately searching for after 78 minutes, when United substitute Robb sent an 18-yard header past his own keeper seconds after coming off the bench.
Rangers: Letizi, Buffel, Hemdani, Clement, Prso (Sebo 67), Sionko, Svensson (Burke 57), Hutton, Adam (Boyd 46), Smith, Rodriguez,
Dundee United: Stillie, Kalvenes (Robb 77), McCracken, Mair, Archibald, Kerr, Hunt (Miller 66), Robson, Duff, Cameron, Samuel
Referee: Dougie McDonald
Attendance: 50,394 |
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