Rangers boss Mark Warburton does not believe the win over Dundee sends a message

Rangers boss Mark Warburton tried to remain grounded after the Championship leaders beat Premiership side Dundee 4-0 at Ibrox.

The emphatic result has taken Rangers into their second Scottish Cup semi-final in three years, with goals from Harry Forrester, Jason Holt, Andy Halliday and Lee Wallace.

Warburton's side will discover late on Sunday afternoon who they will face in the last four of the competition, but the Englishman does not expect any of the other teams to be intimidated by the club's best result against top-flight opponents.

"I don't think anyone fears anyone," Warburton said. "If you're in the semi-final of a trophy, who are you going to fear?

"Our job, whoever we face, is to do well. Don't forget, it's only seven and a half months since this team came together. All credit to them for the way they have applied themselves and they deserved today's result.

"But they are a young side and teams in the semi-finals won't fear anyone I'm sure.

"We've won nothing yet. We're delighted to be in Sunday's draw for the semi-finals and our league position is great."

Rangers are currently 14 points clear of promotion rivals Hibernian at the top of the Championship, but Warburton is looking no further than Friday's match against Greenock Morton.

"There's no point us getting too excited too early," he said. "We'll just focus on the next game and the three points against Morton on Friday is vitally important for us.

"It was another challenge today but we put on a really pleasing performance from the first whistle.

"We set our tempo and intensity and got the early goal. All credit to Harry Forrester, that's three in three now.

"But it was all round the park we performed. We were defensively strong. That's seven clean sheets in nine matches. A lot is made of our forward play but don't forget that is a tremendous statement by the back five. It was a really good day's work."

Dundee manager Paul Hartley conceded his team were second best on the day, and never recovered from losing a goal after 13 seconds.

"I'm extremely disappointed with the manner of the start," Hartley said. "The last thing we said to them before we went out was make sure you have a good start to the game.

"We were a goal down after 13 seconds and what that does to the home team, it just gives them a massive lift.

"We have got to be honest with ourselves and say Rangers totally deserved to win today and we didn't perform."