St Johnstone 1-0 Ross County: What the manager said

Ross County manager Malky Mackay: "I don't think we deserved to win today. It was a reasonably scrappy a game. It took a really good goal to win it.

"We huffed and puffed without having that little bit of care and attention on the ball. I think that's what was missing.

"We've come back off a run of playing well and getting results, certainly in terms of that little bit of inventiveness. It's an unusual performance from our team today.

"We've been on the road a lot. It'll be good to get back to a bit of normality. At the same time, we need to come down here and give a good account of ourselves.

"Over the piece, we've played better than we did last year. I think we've got a better squad. I think if we tidy things up we would have had four of five more points.

"It's always going to be tight. I've got a good group here. At the same time, we've got to kick on and pick up some wins."