dundee united 1 Fyvie (93) morton 1 Tidser (11)
Relieved Csaba Laszlo saluted skipper Fraser Fyvie for saving his skin – then pleaded with the disgruntled Dundee United support to stick by them. Fyvie struck in injurytime to avoid what could have been a costly afternoon for Hungarian Laszlo after Michael Tidser’s 11th minute penalty had put Jonatan Johansson’s visitors within seconds of victory in his first game in charge. Fyvie was lost to United’s push for promotion back in December and his eightmonth absence following cruciate ligament surgery served to coincide with a drastic downturn in their domestic fortunes. Laszlo was staring at a potentially costly defeat with some dejected supporters calling for his removal until Fyvie’s injury-time equaliser. The 25-year-old skipper kept the tide of disaffection at bay at least in the meantime and nobody was more happy than his own manager. Laszlo said: “I understand how the supporters must have been feeling at 1-0 but they just need to stick by us. They are frustrated of course.” This was meant to signal the return of Ray McKinnon, the former United manager, to Tannadice. But instead Johansson was in the dug-out for the first time since replacing his predecessor. His men had clearly been instructed to take the game to their opponents and took the lead in just 11 minutes. Rachid Bouhenna, on his United debut, stupidly tugged at Gregor Buchanan from Tidser’s free-kick in full view of ref Colin Steven. Tidser stepped up to execute the penalty as he swept it high past Matej Rakovan. United did try to counter on 31 minutes. Callum Booth released Yannick Loemba who crossed for Craig Curran, but he could only head past the post when he might have been better leaving it for Fraser Aird. Curran then had two chances in quick succession. Firstly, he saw his header from Aird’s cross saved by Ryan Scully, before thrashing his shot wide from close range on the stroke of half-time. Then the introduction of Fyvie on 75 minutes proved telling. The 25-year-old didn’t disappoint, lashing home a 10-yard volley after the Morton defence had for once failed to clear their lines.