Gers back on top but only just

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GLASGOW (AFP) — Rangers moved back to the top of the Scottish Premier League but only after a last-gasp equaliser at struggling Dundee United.

The mood of Rangers fans nursing hangovers after the Hogmanay celebrations the night before would hardly have been improved by the sight of David McCracken giving United an 11th-minute lead.

And many of them had already left Tannadice when substitute Hamed Namouchi pounced in the dying seconds to secure a point that lifted the Ibrox giants above Celtic on goal difference at the top of the SPL table.

Celtic can move back to the top if they beat Livingston at Parkhead on Sunday.

An Andy Tod hat-trick helped Dunfermline to a 3-1 win over Dundee, who drop to the bottom of the table.

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