Murray at the double for County but Livingston draw encouragement
Bottom side Livingston showed fighting spirit to come from behind twice and grab a draw against fellow strugglers Ross County last night.
Striker Simon Murray's terwall rific strike after 28 minutes gave the Staggies the lead but Livi midfielder Scott Pittman poached an equaliser just before the break.
Murray fired in a second in the 85th minute but Livi substitute Dan Mackay levelled with a header three minutes later for a deserved point.
The Lions have gone 15 league games without a win, remain six points adrift of second-bottom County in the table and have played two games more than the Ding
men, but David Martindale can take some encouragement from his side's display.
Seeking solutions - and fast - Martindale brought back Joel Nouble, Pittman, Kurtis Guthrie and Jamie Brandon.
Derek Adams took some hope from the narrow 1-0 defeat away to Celtic on Saturday and kept the same team which included six January signings - George Wickens, Loick Ayina, Teddy Jenks, Cameron Borthwick-jackson, Brandon Khela and Eli King.
Midfielder Yan Dhanda, who has agreed a pre-contract with Hearts, captained the side in front of a sparse crowd.
The match took time to warm up. In the 24th minute a James Penrice cross from wide on the left almost caught out County goalkeeper Wickens, who scooped the ball away from under his crossbar with Livi failing to capitalise on a moment of panic in the visiting box.
Moments later, the Highland club took the lead. Murray raced onto a searching Dhanda pass and under pressure inside the box from defender
Ayo Obiliye he hammered the ball high past keeper Michael Mcgovern from a tight angle.
The offside flag went up but a VAR check confirmed the goal, allowing Murray to celebrate his 12th of the season.
Livi responded and just before the break, Pittman reacted quickly to a Guthrie knockdown inside the box and stabbed the ball past Wickens from six yards.
Both sides squandered chances to go in front soon after but there was late drama.
County raced up the park on 85 minutes and when a cross from substitute Josh Sims arrived at Murray at the back post, he fired past Mcgovern from 12 yards.
Livi were not to be denied, though, and Mackay headed in a Jason Holt cross to maintain the status quo at the bottom.