Dundee Utd 1-1 Inverness CT

Chisholm bemoans missed chances Brewster delight at character

Inverness Caley Thistle player-manager Craig Brewster earned his side a point at Tannadice with a late equaliser against Dundee United.

Lee Miller had earlier given the home side the lead with a close-range header from Alan Archibald's cross.

But Brewster, a former United player, again showed his worth with his fifth league goal of the season.

He rose to meet Barry Wilson's cross to send a trademark header past Derek Stillie in the United goal.

The home side might have taken a seventh-minute lead.

David Fernandez picked up a Mark Wilson pass at the edge of the box and drove a low shot off Mark Brown's left-hand post before the ball was eventually cleared to safety.

Moments later, a Barry Robson shot from 16 yards struck Liam Fox and almost fooled Brown, who had to change direction before he gathered.

Caley Thistle looked to have a decent penalty claim five minutes later when Robson appeared to handle a Barry Wilson corner from the right but referee Eddie Smith ignored the weak appeals.

A clever one-two between Wilson and Fox ended with the latter drawing a fine save from United keeper Derek Stillie with a 14-yard side-footed drive.

Lee Miller had put United ahead

In the 43rd minute United skipper Paul Ritchie made a clumsy challenge on Craig Dargo inside the penalty area but again Smith waved play on.

In injury time, Brewster latched onto a Wilson corner at the near post and sent his powerful header just wide.

Dargo did have the ball in the net 10 minutes after the break, but the former Kilmarnock player was correctly ruled offside.

The visitors had gained the upper hand and when the ball broke from a Ritchie tackle on Dargo 14 yards from goal, Brewster executed a perfectly weighted chip but Derek Stillie somehow got up to the top left-hand corner of his goal to claw the ball away.

United took the lead somewhat out of the blue when Alan Archibald swung a cross to the back post from the left and Miller managed to rise under pressure and knock the ball into the net from close range.

With six minutes remaining, as the game seemed to be slipping away from them, Caley Thistle grabbed an equaliser with a goal similar to the one they had conceded.

Wilson's cross from the right touchline dipped into the United six-yard box and Brewster stooped to head home past a helpless Stillie.

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Dundee Utd: Stillie, Kenneth, Ritchie, Archibald, Wilson, Kerr, Brebner, Fernandez, Robson, Samuel (McIntyre 28), Miller.

Subs Not Used: Samson, McCracken, Duff, Dodds, Crawford, Cameron. Booked: Fernandez, McIntyre.

Goal: Miller 66.

Inverness CT: Brown, Tokely, Dods, Munro, Golabek, Wilson, Black, McBain, Fox (Hart 71), Brewster, Dargo (Wyness 78).

Subs Not Used: Fraser, Duncan, Proctor, Parratt, Morgan.

Booked: Fox, Dods.

Goal: Brewster 84.

Att: 6,178

Ref: E Smith