Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0
Ayr United 0
League (Championship)

Match Report

Inverness Caledonian Thistle missed a penalty as they were held to a draw by 10-man Ayr United in the Championship.

Daniel Harvie was sent off for a second booking after his foul on George Oakley resulted in a spot-kick but Liam Polworth shot wide from 12 yards.

Earlier, Caley Thistle's Tom Walsh connected with a Nathan Austin cross but fired past the post.

Michael Rose's header for the visitors forced Mark Ridgers into a save and Lawrence Shankland also threatened.

The Ayr striker's shot ran across the face of goal and wide.

Inverness defender Coll Donaldson had a long-range effort from 30 yards late on but it went narrowly over.

Manager reaction
Inverness CT manager John Robertson: "I think in the end Ayr deserved a point. They were brave, they went down to 10 men and still kept playing their football and they were a threat.

"We had lots of domination and plenty chances. We missed a penalty, which was a cardinal sin. Never at any stage did we feel comfortable. We felt we were going to get the goal and create that one chance that was going to do to it. We should have gone on and won the game but didn't create that clear cut chance."

Ayr United manager Ian McCall: "We didn't think it was a sending off, the first yellow card was ridiculous. I've yet to see the penalty. It changed the complexion of the game. I think up until that point it was pretty even. Down to 10 men in the second half I thought we created the two best chances of the game and we defended really well.

"Playing with 10 men you are probably happy with the point but I hate not scoring goals because we've got all the players to score goals."

Match report written by BBC