John Hughes was thrilled for youngster Ryan Christie after he came off the bench to score a late winner for Inverness at Dundee. Gary Stewart had put the hosts in front before the break but Billy McKay equalised before Christie found the net two minutes from time, as Caley went second in the Scottish Premiership.
Hughes said: “It's great for Ryan, I'm delighted for him. He's a lovely boy, a great worker, and has been well coached. He's found himself in and out of the team this season. Now he's knocking on the door to get back in and that's all credit to him. We need to look after him but we know he's going to get quicker and stronger as time progresses. He's got a great touch, can dip the shoulder and can score a goal - as he showed here. I always thought there was a winner coming, especially with what we had coming off the bench. The substitutes just swung it in our favour. I felt Dundee were the better team in the first half and we were the better team in the second half. I didn't think it was a great game but, when we're not at our best, we're still digging out results."
Dundee manager Paul Hartley was left to lament his team’s second-half display. He said: "I thought we were going to get a point at least. We were excellent in the first half, the way we stopped Inverness from playing, but we stopped off it a wee bit in the second half. We lost two poor goals, Inverness didn't work hard enough for the goals they got. We didn't defend the crosses and didn't stop runners coming into the box. The second-half performance compared to the first was night and day but there are no excuses. We go to Hamilton next week for a really tough game, so we have to lift ourselves for that. We will work hard in training this week to correct what we did wrong here."