For us to be able to have a chance at making a game-winning shot or a tying field goal towards the end of that game (with) how well they shot the 3, lets us know that we had a pretty good basketball game ourselves.
And as United pressed at the very end of the game, it took goal-line clearances from Ashley Cole and Andriy Shevchenko to deny first Cristiano Ronaldo and then Darren Fletcher and ensure Chelsea claimed a vital three points.
Top scorer Kris Boyd was restored to the front line after impressing as a midweek substitute while he aims to end an uncharacteristic six-game run without a goal, which would be his 100th in the league for Rangers.
Griffin's breakthrough livened up a dull game and Lowndes injury-time goal wrapped up the points for the Saints in what was in the end a well deserved victory.