An injury-time winner from Peter Canero gave Kilmarnock a 2-1 victory over St
Johnstone in their Scottish Premier League clash at a windy McDiarmid Park.
John Paul McBride had missed a great opportunity to give St Johnstone a 1-0
lead when he missed a penalty on 58 minutes, and the home side were punished
when Craig Dargo blasted the visitors in front 12 minutes later.
St Johnstone fought back and were rewarded three minutes from the end when
Paddy Connolly equalised after Jim Weir's header had been cleared off the line.
But in a dramatic turnaround Canero popped up to give the visitors a valuable
three points.
In the fifth minute Gary Holt nearly found Dargo with a cross from the right,
and minutes later he had an effort from the edge of the box which went wide of
the post.
The home side took some time to put Kilmarnock under any pressure, but a Momo
Sylla corner in the 15th minute had goalkeeper Gordon Marshall struggling to
gauge the flight of the ball before he gathered at the second attempt.
In the 20th minute Holt caused some panic in the Saints box when he just
failed to connect with a Dargo cross from the right.
Saints' penalty resulted when Connolly was brought down in the box by
Marshall.
But McBride sent the ball wide off Marshall's left-hand post for what was his
team's third consecutive missed penalty.
Kilmarnock's first goal followed an Alan McLaren corner. The ball was headed
towards goal by Kevin McGowne, and after several ricochets it fell nicely to
Dargo who blasted in from close range.
The hosts were stunned but battled desperately to get the equaliser and were
rewarded three minutes from time following a Gary Bollan corner from the right.
The ball was headed towards goal by Weir but was blocked on the line- and
when it fell to Connolly 10 yards from goal he smashed it back through a ruck of
players and into the net.
Just when the game looked to be heading for a draw, though, Canero ran on to a
through ball to clip the winner between Alan Main's legs.
Teams
St Johnstone: Main, Dods, Bollan, Weir, Frail, Dasovic, Kane,
McBride, Sylla, Connolly, Parker (Lowndes 63).
Subs Not Used: Cuthbert, McCluskey, O'Neill., McCulloch.
Booked: Weir, Bollan.
Goals: Connolly 88.
Kilmarnock: Marshall, MacPherson, McGowne, Dindeleux, Canero,
Baker, Holt, Mitchell, McLaren, Wright (Cocard 62), Dargo.
Subs Not Used: Stewart, Reilly, Hay, Fowler.
Booked: Dargo, McGowne.
Goals: Dargo 70, Canero 90.
Att: 6,627.
Ref: J Rowbotham (Scotland).
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