Ashcroft rescues point for Dundee at nine-man Inverness
Nine-man Inverness had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Dundee in the Scottish Championship as a late equaliser from Lee Ashcroft denied them all three points.
Inverness forward Nikolay Todorov had the ball in the back of the net on the 22-minute mark but the flag was up for offside.
The hosts were reduced to 10 men in the 65th minute when Scott Allardice was shown a second yellow card. And things went from bad to worse for Caley Thistle 14 minutes later as Brad Mckay was sent off for a foul on Max Anderson.
In a frantic finish, Dundee substitute Jason Cummings thought he had opened the scoring only for his 80th-minute effort to be ruled out for offside, before Inverness took the lead through Daniel Mackay four minutes later.
Ashcroft then headed home to level things up two minutes later and earn Dundee a share of the spoils.
In the Sky Bet Champion
ship, Watford took a huge step towards automatic promotion with a 1-0 victory over leaders Norwich at Carrow Road while their rivals slipped up.
The Hornets bounced back from a shock defeat at neighbours Luton in the best possible fashion as Dan Gosling's second-half goal earned them a priceless victory.
For Norwich it was a second home defeat in four days since booking a place in the Premier League, but they are still well placed to clinch the title with just three matches to play.
Brentford were one of those to fall further behind as a 1-1 draw against Cardiff dealt another blow to their top-two hopes.
Keiffer Moore gave the Bluebirds the lead from the spot just before the hour but Tariqe Fosu levelled minutes later after a howler from keeper Alex Smithies.
Swansea's automatic promotion hopes all but evaporated as QPR claimed a 1-0 win at the Liberty Stadium. Scotlandstrikerlyndondykes drove home his 12th goal of the season in the final minute after being set up by substitute Albert Adomah.
Steve Cooper's side now trail Watford by nine points with three rounds of fixtures remaining, while the Hornets' goal difference is vastly superior.