Instead of moving to the top of the Scottish Premiership table on Saturday night, Glasgow Rangers had to settle for a 2-2 draw on their trip to Dens Park.

The Light Blues came from 1-0 down, thanks to a goal from Bradley Fink, to take a 2-1 lead after stunning goals from Badredine Bouanani and Nicolas Raskin.

Callum Jones then equalised for the hosts in the 69th minute and that turned out to be the last goal of the game, as Derek McInnes' team were unable to grab a third late on.

The Gers will be particularly frustrated with the draw because both of the goals that they conceded at Dens Park were incredibly avoidable, as Dan Neil and Dujon Sterling both messed up.

How Neil and Sterling cost Rangers two points

Two players who have donned the armband at various points in the 2026/27 campaign failed to step up to the mark against Dundee, as Sterling and Neil, who captained the side, made individual errors for the two goals.

The first goal came when there was a mix-up between Sterling and Emmanuel Fernandez, who both appeared to compete for the same ball, and the former poked an undercooked back pass straight into the path of Fink, who rounded Ivor Pandur to score.

Jones' equaliser to make it 2-2 came after an even bigger mistake at the back for the Gers, though, as Neil took a poor first touch and then tripped over his own feet with an attempted back pass to Pandur.

The pass went nowhere near the Croatia international and allowed Jones to race onto it and slot the ball into the bottom corner, which ultimately earned the hosts a point.

Neil and Sterling, therefore, cost Rangers two points with their individual mistakes at the back, although the former did provide an assist for Raskin's goal.

Why Rangers flop was worse than Neil and Sterling

Despite those errors, though, there was a Rangers player on the pitch against Dundee who was even worse than the English talents on Saturday night.

After a strike pairing of Kevin Kelsy and Ryan Naderi worked so well in recent matches, McInnes opted to go with the Czechia international up front on his own, with Min-su Kim in the number ten role.

It is not a change that worked out well for the Scottish giants because the Gers missed Kelsy's hold-up play in the number nine position, and Naderi was not as effective without his strike partner.

In fact, there is a case to be made for the former Hansa Rostock centre-forward being the worst performer on the night for the Light Blues, even ahead of Sterling and Neil.

Sterling did win seven of his 12 duels and four out of four of his tackles, whilst Neil assisted one of the goals, which shows that they did have good aspects to their respective performances.

Because of the major defensive errors from those two players, though, Naderi's dismal display in the number nine role is not being spoken about as much as it should be.

The Czechia international struggled in pretty much every facet of the game against Dundee, as he failed to be effective on the ball, in duels, or in front of goal.

He had scored two goals in the 3-1 win over Kilmarnock in the previous match, playing alongside Kelsy, but Naderi looked lost without his strike partner against Dundee.

There were too many times during the game when a player passed it into the striker's feet with his back to goal and he either lost the duel, miscontrolled his first touch, or played a wayward pass back to the opposition.

The fact that he ended the match with possession lost 18 times from just 41 touches of the ball illustrates how wasteful he was for the Gers, as further evidenced by his 47% pass success rate.

Neil and Sterling had some good parts of their performances to go along with their errors, but Naderi let the side down with an underwhelming all-round display that saw him struggle in everything that he did.

Therefore, more should be made of the 23-year-old star's performance because he was even worse than the two players who made mistakes for the goals, and it is food for thought for McInnes, who may need to play him alongside Kelsy more often.