Giovanni van Bronckhorst offered no excuses for his Rangers stars as they escaped Pittodrie with a point.
The Premiership champions dropped points for the first time under the Dutchman as Lewis Ferguson's penalty cancelled out a first-half Ianis Hagi opener.
Aberdeen manager Stephen Glass was puzzled by ref Kevin Clancy - who sent off Ryan Kent in the closing minutes - and his failure to both award the hosts a penalty when Allan McGregor collided with Ryan Hedges, and to order a retake of Ferguson's penalty when the ball was clearly moved by the wind a split second before the midfielder struck it.
