Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha rued his side's lack of a killer touch at either end of the pitch as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Partick Thistle.

The Ibrox outfit knew three points would send them level on points with Celtic and Aberdeen at the top of the Scottish Premiership but a second half revival from the Jags put paid to those aspirations.

Alfredo Morelos' eighth goal in six games had provided Caixinha the perfect start but the Columbian's strike was overturned by efforts from Blair Spittal and Chris Erskine in the second half as the Jags fought back.

A red card for Erskine soon after his goal handed Rangers the initiative once more and parity was restored when Graham Dorrans curled home from the edge of the box.

Caixinha's men surged forward but were unable to find a winner as Thistle held firm, leaving the manager to lament mistakes in either box.

He said: "I'm disappointed, I think we dropped two points. We were coming with just one desire - three points.

"When we scored with 15 minutes left I had the idea that we'd push on for the win.

"But during the first half when we had such clear chances to go and kill the game and didn't take them, I had a feeling it would cost us.

"The reality is the game penalises you in that direction."

He added: "The problem is on the conceded goals.

"We're averaging 1.2 before this game and it needs to be below one. I'm not concerned about it but I'm working in that direction.

"It was a missed chance for us to combine three wins in a row, that was our objective when we came here.

"We deserved more than we got, we did enough to win that football match."

Skipper Lee Wallace had to be replaced by on-loan Cardiff defender Declan John after just 12 minutes due to a groin injury and is a doubt for next weekend's Old Firm derby.

He said: "I'll need to evaluate the situation with the doctors. Now is premature to talk about it."