Hamilton boss Canning pleased with battling Ross County draw

Hamilton manager Martin Canning was delighted with the way his side fought back to snatch a point in a 1-1 draw against Ross County at Global Energy Stadium.

Accies played second fiddle to County for most of the Ladbrokes Premiership match and should have been more than a goal in arrears before Ali Crawford rescued them with a superbly struck free-kick 13 minutes from the end.

Liam Boyce had given the home side a deserved lead six minutes before the break, after they had squandered a handful of chances.

Only County's wastefulness in front of goal prevented Hamilton dropping to the bottom of the table. Canning said: I've said many times after games I've been disappointed with a point but today I'm happy with one.

If I'm being honest Ross County were probably slightly better than us, they created more. But I feel it is progression for us as well - it's a game we would have lost in the past.''

The Accies boss praised his side's perseverance, adding: The boys dug in really well when it wasn't going our way.

You need to find a way to stay in the game and it took a bit of magic from Ali Crawford.

One minute you're bottom, the next within 45 minutes you could be sixth. It just shows how tight it is and how much there is to play for.

We need to make sure we continue to perform better than we did today, that's for sure.''

County manager Jim McIntyre rued the number of missed chances from his players.

He said: I thought we played really well. But in the final third the last pass and shot on goal was missing.'' He added:I can't be disappointed about what the players gave me.

I thought the performance was as strong as it was against St Johnstone last week but we just didn't punish the opposition when we got into some great areas.

We missed some gilt-edged chances. We have got to do better."