Kilmarnock 2 - 3 Dundee United

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Dundee United snatched victory from the jaws of defeat yesterday, scoring two goals in injury time to take all 3 points back to Dundee beating Kilmarnock Ladies 3-2. United nearly paid the penalty for a host of missed chances and two defensive errors however showed great resilience and character to come back from two goals down scoring all 3 goals in an action packed encounter at Kilwinning Sports Club.

United played into the strong winds in the first half and had good chances to take the lead.

Lorna Young had 3 good efforts well saved by Kym Ramsay in the Killie goal and Fay Hughes and Laurie Denney both had shots which went over the bar.

Killie also had there chances using the strong wind to there advantage and Gemma Clark did well on a number of occasions, sharp of her line thwarting a number of through balls and took some good crosses under pressure from Killie.

Killie hit the post on the half hour mark, the striker chose the near post option and hit the inside of the post with the ball being cleared by United’s Williamson.

Halt Time :-– Killie 0 – 0 Dundee United.

Killie took the lead against 8 minutes into the second half. After United had passed up chances Killie won a corner and this wasn’t cleared by United and the Killie striker lashed the ball into the roof of the net from 8 yards.

United then had a number of chances to get back into the match. McCulley caused all sorts of problems down the right wing and her final ball was cleared, well saved by Ramsay or cut out by the defenders. Ramsay at this point was keeping Killie in the game with a string of fine saves as United closed in.

Killie then hit the post from an excellent free kick and had another effort easily saved by Clark in United’s goal.

Young and Denney then passed up more good efforts on goal, with United’s finishing letting them down. Gallagher then hit the post and Killie hit United with a sucker punch.

A long ball saw two United defenders not deal with the ball and landed at the Killie number 11’s feet, she took a touch and unleashed an unstoppable effort into the top corner to give Killie a 2-0 lead. United then replaced Gallagher with Aimee Godfrey making her debut for the club and Claire Kelly replaced Tammy Harkin.

United finishing let them down once again as they tried to get back into the game but got it right 12 minutes from time.

McCulley went down the right and played in YOUNG who stabbed the ball home from close range.

United then pushed and pushed to grab an equaliser but some stout defending from Killie kept United at bay. As the game edged into the 46 minute of the second half United grabbed the equaliser they deserved.

A defensive mix up by Killie saw Young lay the ball across to McCULLEY who tapped the ball into the empty net.

From kick off Young pressed Killie and was awarded a free kick which saw the Killie midfielder being ticked off by the match official. Hughes played the ball into the box and WILLIAMSON was on hand to grab United’s winner much to the delight of the United players.

United then made a change bringing on Sam Milne for Lorna Young.

Killie barely had time to kick off before the official blew for full time.

Full Time :- Kilmarnock 2 – 3 Dundee United

Manager Mary McDonald commented after the game “We nearly shot ourselves in the foot today, passing up nearly 20 chances before finally scoring and gifting them two goals with defensive errors. However, the girls showed fantastic character and worked tirelessly before grabbing the winner in the 94th minute of the match. We cannot afford to miss as many chances as we did and gift goals so easily or we will be punished but I am delighted to be taking the 3 points home with me tonight.”