Kenny McDowall insists that Friday night's 1-1 draw at Falkirk was a point gained rather than two dropped.

 

The Ibrox side had to settle for a share of the spoils against Peter Houston's outfit, but despite losing further ground in the title race, McDowall believes that his side had to be content with coming away from the game with anything at all.

"There are still a lot of games to go," he said. "I look at it as a point gained as this is not an easy place to come and this was never going to be a given. To get away with a point we'll move on and take the next game as it comes."

McDowall admitted that he was disappointed at the limpness of Rangers' performance.

The Ibrox side barely mustered a shot on target in the second period of the game and, as the match wore on, it looked as though if there was going to be a winner, it would come from the hosts.

"It is disappointing, especially after the last couple of games where we have been doing much better, especially in the last third," McDowall said.

"We have been creating a lot of chances, although we have maybe not taken them. I felt in the final third we weren't sharp and our final ball wasn't as good as it has been."

And McDowall also felt that the artificial turf did not help Rangers, particularly as the rain fell in the latter stages of the encounter.

"I was disappointed with our passing," he said. "Obviously the pitch plays a part in that for us. It is not an excuse because that is one of the better ones, but when it is a night like that and when it is raining, it is slick.

"The Falkirk lads train on it every day and you can see they are well used to the pace of it. That can be tricky to get to grips with."

Falkirk manager Peter Houston was impressed with his team's performance and said they could easily have picked up all three points.

"I thought we deserved three points, if I am being perfectly honest," he said.

"We have only lost one match in 15 and I am thrilled with that, but I am a little bit disappointed for the players not to get the three points after how much we put into it.

"I felt we dominated in the first half. We went behind with what was probably Rangers' first attack, which was a free-kick from a wide area that we should have dealt better with. The good thing about it was we got back into the game quickly and that is important.

"Jamie MacDonald has had very little to do over the 90 minutes and that is credit to our players. I don't even remember him having to make a save in the second half."