GAYFIELD OF SCREAMS

'Comical' clash anything but a laugh as Jags fall off pace

- DAVID REID AT GAYFIELD

MARK WILSON dubbed 90 minutes in a Gayfield gale “comical” but St Johnstone are the ones laughing at halfway in the Championship title race.

Findlay Marshall and Gavin Reilly goals hauled thirdplaced Arbroath to within six points of Partick Thistle as the home side saw out the final 20 minutes a man down.

Alex Samuel's finish, three minutes after Craig Watson's red, left Jags with a chance to avoid a first defeat in seven.

But it's Saints who reach the 18-game stage three points clear after pulling off a revival of their own at Ayr on Friday.