Scottish Premiership: Dundee United manager Jackie McNamara on 3-2 win at Ross County
Friday 5 December 2014 23:18, UK
Jackie McNamara has urged his Dundee United side to be more "streetwise" after they held off Ross County 3-2 at the Global Energy Stadium.
Nadir Ciftci's double and a Stuart Armstrong effort had United cruising at 3-0 up but despite a red card for County's Liam Boyce, goals from Yoann Arquin and Darren Maatsen ensured a tense finish.
United boss McNamara said afterwards: "We stopped passing the ball and they got a lift from their goal.
"Great credit to them, they kept going and gave everything they had. They made it an exciting 10 minutes for everybody here apart from myself and our players and the fans.
"The most important thing was the three points. We just think at times we have to be a bit more streetwise when we are 3-0 up and not give any encouragement to the opposition."
Ruthless
County counterpart Jim McIntyre said: "The difference for me was United were ruthless and we weren't.
"We got into some great positions especially in the first half and we were wasteful. The decision whether to pull the trigger, we were too careful. That was the difference when United got into that position, they were deadly."
"You are always disappointed with the goals but I think a couple of them came when we were on the attack and they countered. They punish you, that's why they are where they are.
"One thing the boys have got in their locker is they never say die, they get on with it, they never give up. We can't feel sorry for themselves. We've got to keep going."
