Dundee suffered a dreadful 4-1 defeat at Dens this afternoon against a Ross County side who are rock bottom of the Premiership table.
Neil McCann’s men had won their last two matches but dismally failed to continue that momentum with County ending the game well-deserved winners.
The embarrassing defeat capped what had been a dramatic week for the Dark Blues with Jack Hendry joining Celtic for a club record free just minutes before the transfer window shut for the season.
On-loan Hoops midfielder Scott Allan, who had been the match winner when Dundee beat Inverness on Tuesday night in their Scottish Cup replay, also left Dens 24 hours later to move to Hibs with Simon Murray heading in the opposite direction to join the club he grew up supporting on loan.
However, the striker was starved of chances in a first half where the Staggies had most of the play.
Indeed, they had the best opportunity in just the eighth minute but former Liverpool striker Patrick N’Gog blasted over when he should have at least hit the target.
However, Davis Keillor-Dunn made no mistake in the 49th minute when he hit a superb curling shot from 16 yards that gave Dundee keeper Elliott Parish no chance.
The Staggies’ lead only lasted eight minutes with Kerr Waddell heading a Paul McGowan cross into the bottom corner of County keeper Scott Fox’s net.
Dundee then went behind again in the 61st minute with Alex Schalk capitalising on a defensive error to fire past Parish.
The Dark Blues were on the ropes, conceding once more just three minutes later and it was that man Schalk again who gleefully fired past Parish to make it 3-1 to the Staggies.
The home side’s misery was made complete in the 90th minute when sub Tim Chow scored County’s fourth.
For full report, reaction and analysis, see Monday’s Courier.
