Welsh midfielder Jones earned the hosts a William Hill Premiership point when he pounced on a slack pass back from Dan Neil and slotted a shot beyond Ivor Pandur with around 20 minutes of regulation time remaining.

But the result was no more than the former Hull City man and his teammates deserved – they dominated the first half of the encounter, created several scoring chances and took the lead, equalised quickly after falling behind and then contained their on-form rivals well.

Dundee, who take on struggling St Mirren in Paisley in their next outing this weekend, have now won four and drawn two of their nine league games this term and are in fourth place in the top flight table despite having a raft of injuries.

Jones admitted the players are brimming with confidence every time they take to the field thanks to the work that Pressley does with them on the training ground and explained the changes the former Scotland centre-half made against Rangers which ensured they continued their impressive run.  

“The mood in the camp is great,” he said. “We have got belief within the group. We went into the game believing that we could get a result. We believe in ourselves and believe in the plan we have put together all week. The belief and the togetherness is really high. 

"We work on the structure tirelessly. The gaffer is unbelievable at the tactical side and makes little changes in each game. We just go out there and run as hard as we can and try to implement what we have worked on.

“Against Rangers, for example, there were little tweaks for myself. We tried to cover the wider areas. I had to get out to [Djeidi] Gassama and stop him coming inside because that is where he is dangerous. It is just little things like that. But I don't want to give away all the manager's secrets!

Bradley Fink, second left, celebrates scoring Dundee's opening goal against Rangers at Dens Park last night (Image: Andrew Milligan)

“The detail that the gaffer and his staff pick up is very good. When we go into meetings and go out on the training pitch we watch everything back until it is perfect. We know exactly what we have to do and we are signing from the same hymn sheet at the weekend.

" The attitude going into games is the same as last season. I think we have just spent more time with the manager. We have quite a lot of new players, but the core of the group is same and we understand what he expects on and off the ball and what we are getting daily.

“For me there has been a big change - less games, more training, more tactical work. It takes a bit of getting used to. But we definitely understand what the manager wants from us now.”

Rangers went into the match against Dundee on Saturday on the back of a seven game winning run and knowing that another victory would see them leapfrog Celtic, who took on Hearts at Parkhead yesterday, in to top spot in the table.

But Pressley persevered with a 4-4-2 formation and fielded Bradley Fink and Ash Hay in attack. His charges justified his bold team selection by creating twice as many big scoring chances than Derek McInnes’s men during the course of the 90 minutes.  

“It is good when we go forward to know that we have an outball, to know that they are going to hold it up for us,” said Jones. “When you have a one, sometimes two centre-backs can bully him. Two can pin a lot of teams back and it is good to watch at the minute.

"It is good for the strikers – but maybe not so much for the midfielders as we have to run a bit more! Seriously, though, we have got so much threat in the attacking areas. The boys up top complement each other. We don't go into any game fearing anyone.”

He added, "I would absolutely love to add goals to my game and was pleased to score an important one on Saturday night. I would love to score every week, but it is not that easy. Scoring goals is the hardest thing in the game.

“But I am playing a bit of a different role this season. Last season there was a three in midfield, this season there is a bit of a deeper two. But I will try to make the box when I can."

Fink, the Swiss forward who is on loan from Wycombe Wanderers, capitalised on a mistake by Rangers right-back Dujon Sterling to open the scoring on Saturday and took his tally for the 2026/27 campaign to three.

Rangers' Olwethu Makhanya, left, and Dundee's Bradley Fink battle for the ball at Dens Park on Saturday (Image: Andrew Milligan)

"I get on really well with Finky,” said Jones. “He is a character, he is great with both feet and he is a big boy. He causes a lot of teams problems. He is good at most things. He is probably an all-round striker really. That is showing with his goals."

Pressley is missing key personnel at the moment and kept the same 11 players on the park for 90 minutes in the win over Falkirk earlier this month due to the lack of options available to him on the bench. But Jones is confident it will not be an issue going forward.

"I think there is a real grit within the group,” he said. “I got cramp in the 88th minute last week and the gaffer said to me, 'No, you're alright'. I think the attitude of the lads is good. We are a really fit team and can cause teams problems late in the game when it gets down to the nitty gritty.

"We just look at the next game. That sounds cliched doesn't it? But if you get carried away with yourself that is when bad things start happening. As a group, we are a small squad at the minute. We have got injuries and boys coming back. We are only going to improve."