Rod Wallace scored his sixth goal of the season last night as Rangers managed to stretch their unbeaten run to 11 games to remain top of the Premier League.

The former Leeds striker grabbed the equaliser with 12 minutes to go in a thriller at Pittodrie.

Robbie Winters pulled on a jersey for the home side for the first time just seven hours after his £1 million deal from Dundee United was confirmed.

Tony Vidmar was recalled to the Rangers side with Scotland captain Colin Hendry sidelined with a foot injury. Charlie Miller was also given another chance as Andrei Kanchelskis is out for two weeks with a broken wrist.

Aberdeen took the lead after only three minutes and Winters had a hand in the goal.

Eoin Jess flicked the ball into the path of the new recruit and he won a free-kick after being fouled by Craig Moore.

Jess stepped up 25 yards out and his fierce effort took a deflection off Rangers striker Gabriel Amato and went beyond keeper Lionel Charbonnier.

But Aberdeen eventually wilted under a wave of Rangers attacks. Notably, in the first half, a shot from Lorenzo Amoruso came back off the post.

The equaliser came when Wallace got clear of John Inglis as Jorg Albertz played the ball through and sent his shot high into the net.

Aberdeen: Leighton, Perry, Whyte, Inglis, Smith (Kiriakov 45), Hignett, Jess, Dow (Gillies 88), Buchan, Rowson, Winters (Newell 85). Subs not used: Young, Esson. Booked: Perry. Goal: Jess 4.

Rangers: Charbonnier, Porrini, Amoruso, B. Ferguson, Van Bronckhorst, Amato (Gattuso 87), Albertz, Wallace, Moore, Vidmar (Johansson 61), Miller (I. Ferguson 61). Subs not used: Petric, Brown. Booked: Moore, Amato. Goal: Wallace 79.

Referee: W Young (Clarkston).