Dundee Utd 1 – 1 Kilmarnock

Bruce Anderson's late penalty earned Kilmarnock a 1-1 draw in opposition to Dundee United at Tannadice.

It seemed as if the hosts had secured victory when Sam Dalby, on his twenty fifth birthday, scored late on, however deep into stoppage time Anderson stepped as much as clinically convert from the spot and earn a beneficial level to Kilmarnock.

United made one change to the group that beat St Mirren final weekend, with striker Louis Moult changing winger Glenn Middleton, who dropped to the bench.

Killie responded to Rangers' 6-0 defeat at Ibrox on Wednesday evening by recruiting Fraser Murray, Liam Polworth and Anderson to exchange Oliver Bainbridge, Marley Watkins and David Watson, who had been named as substitutes.

How the match went in Tannadice

The hosts acquired off to a flying begin and virtually opened the scoring within the third minute. A protracted throw from the left from Will Ferry prompted chaos within the Killie field, with Dalby hitting a snapshot which despatched goalkeeper Robby McCrorie's proper put up flying.

The guests had a half-chance within the thirteenth minute, however Robbie Deas was unable to carry his shot below strain and it flew over United goalkeeper Jack Walton's crossbar.

The Terrors hit again with Emmanuel Adegboyega attempting his luck with an angled drive, however McCrorie recovered simply.

The Killie goalkeeper was known as into motion once more simply after the half-hour mark, making an excellent fingertip save to disclaim a fierce 20-yard run from Ferry.

The hosts got here agonizingly near opening the scoring 5 minutes after the restart when Adegboyega fired a low shot in the direction of objective and Moult acquired a throw-in, however the striker's instinctive effort flew simply inches .

Quickly after, United thought that they had taken the lead when Adegboyega headed dwelling, however the effort was dominated out for offside, a choice accepted after a prolonged VAR examine.

Killie needed to change goalkeepers within the sixtieth minute as McCrorie limped off after therapy to get replaced by Kieran O'Hara.

The impasse was lastly damaged within the 79th minute.

United skipper David Babunski fired a shot from the sting of the field, whereas O'Hara parried the ball straight into the trail of Dalby, who headed dwelling his sixth objective of the season.

It seemed like that, however within the fifth minute of damage time Killie got a lifeline.

Bobby Wales was caught by United's Richard Odada within the field and referee Steven McLean was known as to the pitch monitor by the VAR.

After reviewing the incident, he identified the spot and Anderson stored his cool to ship his excessive kick previous Walton to safe some extent for the Ayrshire group.

What leaders say…

Dundee United chief Jim Goodwin on the penalty resolution: “I feel it’s undoubtedly within the comfortable class.

“There's been numerous speak in regards to the penalty we acquired final weekend, the one given to Kevin Holt in opposition to St Mirren. I feel it's in that type of bracket, so I can't complain an excessive amount of about it.

“There was numerous noise in regards to the one we acquired final Saturday, so I think all of the pundits and journalists who stated our mannequin was comfortable will all agree with me this week that the one which Kilmarnock acquired was very, very candy.

“I feel there have been just a few speaking factors throughout this second half. I used to be fearful after the media consideration to our penalty selections final week. I used to be fearful at present that this goes in opposition to us and possibly it was.”

Kilmarnock chief Derek McInnes: “I didn't even see the penalty. I used to be trying on the followers. My eyes had been fastened on one explicit fan. I noticed if his fingers went up or if his fingers went to his face and I noticed his fingers go as much as have a good time. All of us root for Bruce to attain in these sorts of moments.

“It felt so essential within the context of the week and the previous couple of days.

“I'm delighted for the followers as a result of I believed they had been planning to help the group at present. It was a bizarre end result for us through the week. We didn't have that in of my virtually three years at Kilmarnock.

“The reply needed to be one thing like this. We didn't need to be sensible at present, however we needed to be courageous and we needed to present that we care.”

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