Livingston back to winning ways as Dundee United's survival hopes take a hit
dailyrecord.co.ukLivingston manager David Martindale insisted 'we are not winding down' after ending their winless streak with a 2-1 victory over Dundee United, writes David Hastie.Goals from Bruce Anderson and James Penrice either side of an Ian Harkes strike for the visitors was enough to keep the Tannadice side bottom of the Premiership table with two games remaining.Despite the poor run of form - which had seen them pick up just seven points from their previous 11 games - Martindale said he had no concerns heading into the clash.
He said: "Our home form has been very good this year. I need to brush up on what we are doing away from home."I thought in the first half we were a wee bit passive, we didn't get enough pressure on the ball in the final third.
They seemed to play round us and I don't think we dealt with that very well. We got to half-time, made some changes and a few tweaks and I thought that really helped us."It was a lively start from both teams, with the visitors getting a corner in the opening seconds - only for the ball to be cleared into the path of Anderson who held the ball up well and teed up Joel Nouble, but the chance came to nothing.Despite early pressure from United, it was the hosts who took the lead.
A long ball played over the top caused confusion between keeper Mark Birighitti and centre-back Loick Ayina which allowed Anderson to nip in between them.
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