Giovanni van Bronckhorst noted the emotions of Rangers fans but made a plea for balance after the disrupted 2-1 win at Dundee. Christie Elliott headed the Premiership’s bottom side into a shock lead in the sixth minute and, just before the interval, the Rangers captain, James Tavernier, hammered a penalty over the bar. Aaron Ramsey levelled in the 65th minute with his first Rangers goal and, with only four minutes of normal time remaining, the defender Connor Goldson forced in a dramatic winner to take Rangers within three points of the leaders Celtic with seven matches remaining. Earlier the referee, Bobby Madden, had to stop the game after Rangers fans bombarded the pitch with toilet rolls then tennis balls, and another wave of toilet rolls required a stoppage at the start of the second half. Chants from the travelling supporters suggested the disruptions were a protest against the proposed Rangers v Celtic friendly in Australia in November. Van Bronckhorst told Sky Sports: “Of course it’s disruptive because you want to play the game. We had three or four breaks because of the cleaning up. So it’s a disruption but I know there are emotions. “To show their emotions is good to see but you need to have the balance. It was disruptive for us today. I understand the emotions of the fans but we will go back with three points in our bag.” Dundee’s manager, Mark McGhee, said the protests had stopped Rangers from getting into their stride. He said: “They’re renowned for going out fast, trying to win the game by half-time. But those interruptions didn’t help them, so we were quite happy. We got a breather. It worked against them.” Van Bronckhorst admitted his side carried some luck to get the win. The Dutchman said: “A big relief, of course, to go away with the three points today. The game was a tough game and we didn’t start really well. They were 1-0 in front and we missed a penalty. “Second half we created more chances than the first and sometimes you have to be a little bit lucky – which we were in the end – that the ball dropped for Connor. Today could have cost us two big points, but we kept the belief and worked hard to win the game in difficult circumstances.” It looked to be a soft penalty when Dundee’s captain, Jordan McGhee, tugged Alfredo Morelos but McGhee said: “I thought it was a penalty. It’s a light penalty, an easy penalty but he does tug him a wee bit.” Dundee remain four points behind St Johnstone but McGhee, in the dugout for the first time after beginning his tenure as manager with an outstanding six-game touchline ban, can take encouragement from the performance. Rangers, whose next game is a crunch Old Firm match at Ibrox after the international break, went behind when Jordan Marshall’s cross from the left was headed in at the back post by Elliott, who outjumped Ryan Kent. The Rangers supporters had forced a stoppage before then and another followed because of the tennis balls. On a bumpy pitch, Rangers were all over the place and took time to pose any sort of threat. Joe Aribo and Fashion Sakala replaced Filip Helander and Scott Arfield for the start of the second half and within seconds there was a third stoppage as more streamers came on from the away end, to further boos from the Dundee fans. The visitors at last began to put the home defence under pressure. Kemar Roofe replaced James Sands and was immediately involved in Rangers’ equaliser. Tavernier’s cross from the left was headed towards goal by the substitute and although Ian Lawlor got a hand to the ball it fell to Ramsey to chest over the line. Remarkably, there was a fourth stoppage when the pitch sprinklers came on, albeit this was for only a few seconds. Rangers kept up the pressure and got the winner when Roofe’s shot was blocked and spun up into the air with Goldson waiting to finish it off from close range.