Date	Saturday, 01 February 2014
Competition	Scottish Premiership
Fixture/Score	Kilmarnock 2:2 Ross County
Venue	Rugby Park
Attendance	3,372
Referee	Crawford Allan
Comments	Match Report Report by Jonathan Sutherland for the BBC. Kilmarnock 2 Ross County 2 Two Kris Boyd goals earned Kilmarnock a point at home to Ross County, who had Filip Kiss sent off. Kiss had set up Yoann Arquin to put the Staggies in front after half an hour and seven minutes later Yann Songo'o doubled the advantage. But Boyd's strike in 47 minutes gave the home side hope and when new signing Alexei Eremenko came on and the Slovak was sent off Killie had hope. And it was Boyd who scored in injury time at Rugby Park to register a draw. The Staggies should have scored with only five minutes on the clock. Jordan Slew was played through on goal and, although he tried to pick his spot, he instead fired high and wide. For Kilmarnock, Rory McKenzie looked lively down the right and, after a one-two with Greg Kiltie, his shot was saved by Michael Fraser. Soon after a great run from Robbie Muirhead ended with his shot flashing just wide. Midway through the first half there was a flurry of chances for County. First, Michael Tidser had his shot from the edge of the area saved by Craig Samson but the keeper failed to hold it and the rebound fell to Richie Brittain, who fired in another shot which Samson saved and spilled. The ball came back to Brittain, who went down in the box under a challenge, but referee Crawford Allan waved play on. But Derek Adams' team made the breakthrough on the half-hour mark after a flowing attack. Kiss provided the killer ball to Arquin just inside the box and the striker coolly guided the ball into the corner of the net past the reach of Samson. Five minutes later Yann Songo'o brought further cheer to the small band of travelling fans in the awful cold and wet conditions as he steered Brian McLean's shot from the edge of the box into the net. Two minutes into the second half Kilmarnock pulled a goal back in controversial circumstances. From a corner the ball appeared to strike Kris Boyd's hand but, with no whistle, the striker played on, turned and fired home. Soon after a refreshed Kilmarnock almost drew level when McKenzie ran through the middle of the County defence and hit a shot from the edge of the area that cannoned back off the post. Robbie Muirhead then looked like he had equalised after a great run, but his shot went just wide. Alexei Eremenko came on for the final quarter of the match to a huge roar from the home fans as Kilmarnock intensified their search for an equaliser. That was boosted further when Kiss was shown a second yellow and County were reduced to 10 men. Eremenko then demonstrated his imagination and ability, firing in a shot from 25 yards which went just wide. County hit Kilmarnock on the break a couple of times without putting the game beyond Killie's reach, and it was Boyd who had the final say. With time almost up the striker found the net with a header as Kilmarnock rescued a point that helps their push for a top-six place. Manager Derek Adams was critical of referee Crawford Allan as Ross County let a 2-0 lead slip at Kilmarnock. Kris Boyd levelled the game with a brace, the second of which came in stoppage time, and Adams disputed the legality of both goals. And he was less than impressed by the decision to send off his midfielder Filip Kiss on 76 minutes. "It's not the first time this season I've been disappointed with Crawford Allan," Adams told BBC Radio Scotland. "There's nothing I can do. I can't talk on the television or on the radio or I'll be reprimanded. "It's for other people to see what's happened." Adams played down a touchline bust-up between the rival dugouts, saying simply: "We were talking about the second goal. "It is a great testimony to how far we have come that Kilmarnock are so delighted to get a point that (manager) Allan Johnston races past my dugout to celebrate." Adams, who described the result as a "travesty", then spelled out his concerns with Boyd's goals. "The first is from a cross into the box and Boyd had handled the ball, the ball stops and play stops and then he swivels and puts it into the net," he said. "That's hugely disappointing. It's a handball. "For the second one, he's got two hands on my defender going up for the ball. He doesn't allow my defender to get off the ground." Loan signing Kiss was dismissed for a second booking but, again, Adams thought Allan had got it wrong. "He gets a booking for a challenge in the first half and in the second half he actually gets fouled, I believe, before he gets sent off," he explained. "We've had a sending off and a couple of bookings and Kilmarnock haven't had anything."
Ross County
Manager	Derek Adams
Starting 11	20: Michael Fraser, 3: Benjamin Gordon, 7: Filip Kiss 2 1, 8: Richard Brittain, 12: Michael Tidser, 21: Brian McLean, 23: Graham Carey, 25: Jordan Slew, 26: Evangelos Oikonomou, 27: Yoann Arquin 1, 28: Yann Songo'o 1
Bench	1: Mark Brown, 2: Erik Cikos, 5: Scott Boyd, 10: Rocco Quinn, 11: Melvin De Leeuw, 15: Gary Glen, 16: Alex Cooper
Kilmarnock
Manager	Allan Johnston
Starting 11	Craig Samson, Jackson Irvine, Lee Ashcroft, Manual Pascali, Jeroen Tesselaar, Sammy Clingan 1, Craig Slater, Greg Kiltie, Rory McKenzie, Kris Boyd 2, Robbie Muirhead
Bench	Antonio Reguero, Chris Johnston, Alexei Eremenko, Vitalijs Makssimenko, Barry Nicholson, Michael Gardyne, Mark O'Hara