Ross County boss Don Cowie is “frustrated” after his side dropped another three points in their defeat to Kilmarnock, which sees The Staggies now four points adrift of St Johnstone after they beat Hibs today at Easter Road.

In a narrow 1-0 defeat at Rugby Park, which marks 15 away games without a win for Cowie’s men, it was Killie captain Kyle Vassell who came up with the goal to separate the two sides.

The interim manager reflected on a difficult game, with both sets of players struggling in the windy conditions as Storm Kathleen affected games across Scotland. 

Cowie said: “I’m frustrated because we didn’t manage to get something out of the game. Like the majority of the games away from home we manage to stay in the game and then somehow find a way to lose it.
“It’s the concentration levels. I felt we have defended well enough, but in the wee moments we switch off. It’s about us concentrating on ourselves, there are six games to go and we need to focus on that.

“It’s a battle, it’s part of football. But we believe in ourselves. I have seen enough over the last nine games to leave me convinced that we can stay in this league. I see it in the players too. The performance levels have been consistent.

“Maybe we haven’t got the points we deserved, but we can’t feel sorry for ourselves. We have to take the positives into the last games.

“The conditions were difficult, for both teams. But the goal came at a time where I felt we weren’t under any real pressure.

“We try and win every game. We play Rangers next week and we will try and win the game.”