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Livingston of Scotland defender, Ayo Obileye was his side’s hero in their Scottish Premiership clash with visiting Ross County, as he struck a crucial equaliser with just 60 seconds to the final whistle.
Just as the visiting side, who benched Joseph Hungbo for 90 minutes, were thinking of snatching a handsome away win, Obileye headed in a deserved late equaliser for Livingston in their bottom-six cinch battle.
Megasportsarena.com reports that the defender over celebrated and got a yellow card, after he found the net in the 89th minute to cancel out David Cancola’s sublime first-half opener for the visitors.
The entertaining second half was in stark contrast to a dire opening 45 minutes, but both teams also hit the woodwork following the restart, including a stoppage-time Jason Holt strike.
Half-chances came and went in the first half and there appeared little sight of a goal as the break approached, but Cancola had other ideas as the visitors stormed ahead.
The Austrian took a great touch 30 yards out from a poor James Penrice clearance before curling a superb shot into the top corner, despite goalkeeper Max Stryjek getting a hand to the effort.
Livingston got bodies forward straight from the restart but were nearly caught on the counter-attack.
Blair Spittal found Regan Charles-Cook and the winger ran at Penrice before getting a shot away from 20 yards that was well saved by Stryjek.
Livingston defender Jack Fitzwater headed over before then doing the same thing again from a Stephane Omeonga cross moments later as the home side piled on the pressure.
At the other end, Obileye made what appeared to be a goal-saving block as he slid in on Jordan White’s close-range effort.
Obileye then got on the end of another Forrest cross in the 77th minute but glanced his effort wide from six yards.
Ross County substitute Ross Callachan struck a post from a tight angle after Stryjek raced off his line to challenge White for a high ball.
It was end to end at this stage and Forrest struck a rising left-footed drive inches over but the equaliser finally arrived in the 89th minute through Obileye, the defender heading in Penrice’s deep cross at a congested back post.
At the end of proceedings, the draw keeps Livingston five points clear of County in the relegation play-off spot but, had The Staggies held on, they would have climbed up to 10th at Dundee’s expense.
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