RANGERS manager Mark Warburton believes the random nature of football went against his side during their 1-1 draw with Ross County on Saturday.

The Light Blues came in for criticism from their own support after only managing to pick up a point against the Staggies and losing 4-1 to Hearts at Tynecastle three days earlier.

Warburton lamented the 'randomness' of a result that saw his side fall into third place, 27 points adrift of Ladbrokes Premiership leaders Celtic.

“I think randomness is a big thing," he told Rangers TV.

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"I learned a lot from our previous owner at Brentford. He’s a mathematician and we learned a lot from him in terms of how he looks at games.

"The randomness; the ball goes to the back post, Kenny heads it to Jon Toral and it could go in. Joe Garner’s header pops off the goalkeeper, it could go in. Joe in the first-half at the far post is a stud away.

“There were so many random natures that didn’t go our way. Was their goal offside? I don’t know, it was tight. Not worth complaining about now.

"So these are the random natures you look at and you hope over the course of a season they even themselves out.

“The key point as far as the fans are quite rightly concerned is that we dropped two points to Ross County.

"I quote the stats and, as always, you get misquoted. The fact is we had 15 corners, 26 shots, 18 on target and nine times out of ten we win that game of football.

“The fact is we have to be clinical in the final third, we need to trust our technique and take our chances. There were lots of good things but there is no denying the fact we dropped two points at home.”

Warburton insisted that his side are capable of showing their cutting edge  up front, despite scoring only 32 goals in 24 league games so far this season, and believes the work ethic of his players cannot be called into question.

“It’s not that we can’t be clinical," he said.

"Last year we were scoring goals for fun. It’s the nature of the game, but I think the fact of the matter is we get into good areas and we need to take our rewards.

“The fans, at the end of the day, come to see goals and goals change games. There is no denying the fact the for our dominance in the game, we didn’t get the just rewards, so to speak.

“They want to see their team win. What I don’t think they can do is accuse the team of lacking effort and desire. Look at the stats again and they will tell you that our midfield three for example ran 12km each. These are high numbers in central midfield.

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“The whole work ethic is there, with the full-backs the work ethic is there, they ran 11.4km, so the numbers are there. There was no lack of desire. The fans come and pay their money to see Rangers win. Rangers is a club used to winning."

Emerson Hyndman has made an immediate impression at Ibrox with two goals in his first four games since arriving on loan from Bournemouth in January, but Warburton admitted he is yet to decide on the American's best position.

“I asked Emerson to play a slightly deeper role," he explained.

"It is our job to find where he will be most effective. He is a very talented eight or ten. He can see a pass in very tight areas.

"Again, going back to the Hearts game when he was substituted, he played 90 minutes at Motherwell, another 90 at the weekend.

“He is a young boy, his body is still young. It’s important we look after him.

"I am pleased with the midfield. It’s great to have Andy Halliday on the bench. He’s such a determined player, a focussed player. It means so much for him to play for the club."

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Rangers face Greenock Morton in the Scottish Cup fifth round on Sunday and the boss admitted he is under pressure to deliver wins for the Ibrox faithful.

He said: “Listen, you can read the papers, you can read the media. I flew home on Saturday after the game. Had some great chats with some of the Rangers fan who were tremendous, they had great assessments, they could see the bigger picture.

"You are always under pressure as the Rangers manager, as a Rangers player. If you draw a game of football it’s a disaster. If you lose it is a disaster. We have to recognise that. It comes with the territory, being at a club of this stature.

“But as I say, the thing that bothers me is we don’t appreciate the demands of the club, we don’t appreciate the backing we receive. We fully appreciate the demands associated with Rangers.

“What we have to do is win games of football."