Cracking Christmas Fayre

Inverness fans may have thought they were at a pantomime for the first eight minutes yesterday at tannadice. However, their side moved from villans to heroes by the time the final whistle went Nobody was humming the theme tune from 'The Great Escape' on the bus home to Inverness after Caley Thistle secured a 4-4 draw which looked unlikely within eight minutes yesterday afternoon. Manager Terry Butcher left Tannadice disappointed after his side recovered from being three goals down to lead Dundee United 4-3  with four minutes of the game left.  Billy McKay's hat-trick and Gary Warren's header gave Butcher hope that he would be packing away three points. However, Jon Daly's last minute shot from the spot salvaged a point for the home side. Butcher said: "It was an absolutely incredible game. After eight minutes I'm thinking our run is over because our game-plan was gone. We had to change things round and got into the game so I can only give credit to the players for doing so. We got two goals back from Billy McKay's opportunism after United had made a blistering start. In saying that, we compounded that by throwing in some goals as well with some poor defensive play. Our team talk was quite simple as well at half-time because we treated it as though we were only 1-0 down. I must stress our team played a tough 90 minutes in the Scottish Cup against Ross County during the week so their fitness levels are excellent. I'm so pleased with their spirit and commitment but we were just disappointed not to hold on for a win in the end. It was one of the most exciting games you'll ever see in the SPL. It was end-to-end-stuff. There were incidents galore and penalties which made for great entertainment so everyone got their money's worth." Source: ScottishFitba

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