A nice sunny day in Perth as both teams attacked with Dundee looking good on the quick break aways were played some neat football. Scott Tiffoney had a cross cut out and, then Amadou Bakayoko had a curled shot from 20 yars which went narrowly wide.
Dundee finally took a deserved lead after 35 minutes. Beck took a short free kick 40 yards out and Fin Robertson floated a cross to the far post. Amadou Bakayoko headed down, Scott Tiffoney stuck a leg out and the ball reached the back of the net. The referee judged that Tiffoney got a touch on the ball and credited the goal to the winger.
Dundee started the second half well and looked even better with some great football, they got their second goal when Ricki Lamie headed home a corner from Owen Beck to the delight of the big dundee support in the stands.
Luke McCowan played Tiffoney in on goal but somehow Mitov got a touch on the shot to divert it narrowly past the post. Dundee then made changes to the team with Ryan Howley coming on for Fin Robertson and then Mo Sylla replaced Malachi Boateng.
St Johnstone hit the bar soon after and Dundee also had chances to finish the game. But Saints scored on 83 minutes when Kucheriavyi headed home.
Zak Rudden replaced Bakayoko in the final few minutes and straight away had a great chance but he put his shot wide when maybe a ball across the keeper would have been better.
With 5 minutes gone in injury time saints grabbed a point when Kucheriavyi scored again with the last kick of the ball.
Dundee were superb today but had to settle for a point when really they should have been 3 or 4 up before saints pulled one back. I;m sure the team will learn from this and go on to be better when they are so much on top.
Dundee: Carson, McGhee, Shaughnessy (c), Lamie, Beck, Robertson (Howley 68), Boateng (Sylla 77), McCowan, Robinson , Bakayoko (Rudden 84), Tiffoney (Reilly 84). Unused Subs: Legzdins (gk), Kerr, Cameron, Ashcroft, Mulligan.
Referee; Willie Collum
Att: 5,935
