Livingston defender has no regrets over foul that led to Dundee goal

Sean Kelly insists he’d make the same decision again despite his foul leading to the only goal of the game in Livi’s away loss to Dundee.

The 30-year-old brought down Zak Rudden as the striker was chasing through on goal with Luke McCowan curling the resulting set-play into the top corner as the Lions fell to a fourth straight loss.

And he admits he thought his usual bad luck had changed when his initial red card was rescinded - only for that luck to turn once again as McCowan fired beyond Jack Hamilton from 30 yards out.

He said: “The ref didn’t say it was a last-man challenge, he said he felt the speed of the tackle was a bit excessive. When he said that, I was a bit worried but when I made the challenge I felt like I had to make it and I wasn’t out of control.

“It might have been fast but I didn’t use my studs. Ten times out of 10, I would make the challenge again.

“But then they scored with the free-kick and one moment of quality decides the game. I’m not the luckiest person in the world and I’d have liked to have seen it fly over the bar.

“It was a great strike but I thought other than that we were competitive in the game and maybe slightly the better team.

“We were better than we were against them last Saturday. We let ourselves down and it wasn’t great, especially with us being at home. We need to make it a lot harder when teams come to us.”

He added: “We were a threat in this game and felt like we showed an intent to win the game. We still didn’t get the result we wanted but there’s more for us to take from that.

“I think it is fine margins and sometimes it can come down to a bounce of the ball or a bit of luck.”

Despite their recent run of defeats seeing the Lions occupy 11th place in the SPFL Premiership table,