Striker Jordan White says Ross County always kept the faith that they could go on to beat Kilmarnock as even a red card for Ross Callachan could not deny the Staggies a first Premiership win of the campaign
Jordan White says Ross County never stopped believing that they would come out on top against Kilmarnock, even after having a man sent off.
The Staggies had the better of the first half in Dingwall, getting sights of goal without ever seriously testing the visiting goalkeeper, but Killie would come back strongly after the restart.
When Ross Callachan, who could easily have been sent off earlier, was shown a second yellow inside the final 10 minutes the game threatened to turn into attack against defence with County holding on for a point.
Instead, though, Owura Edwards popped up with a winning goal, and White believes the result itself was far more important than how County got there.
"We always believed that we could still get a winner, we just had to be careful," he stressed.
"We believe in ourselves as a group, and last year showed that. People wrote us off, but that's when we showed our best.
"Everybody is just delighted to get the three points. It was important to get the win – it didn't really matter how we got it after not picking up any points in the first three games.
"It was a tough game, we were probably the better team in the first half but we didn't create as much as we would have liked.
"In the second half it was quite scrappy. Both teams had chances, and thankfully we managed to take one."
Making an impact
White was thrown on as a substitute just before the half hour mark and would play his role in the decisive goal.
Edwards' strike stemmed from a free kick that was launched in towards the big target man, and although White's header appeared to come off a defender's arm Edwards was on hand to leave no doubt and convert.
It is the second time already this season that White has come off the bench to contribute to a goal, and he says the message from manager Malky Mackay on the touchline was a simple one.
"I was just told to go and get the winner, go and make an impact," White said.
"We maybe lost our way a wee bit in the second half, but we changed it and we were doing all right.
"The sending off changes it, but I've seen a lot of times when teams don't use the extra man in the right way.
"It didn't feel like we had one less man until right at the end maybe when we were defending for our lives.
"It was pleasing to get over the line, especially after that happened."
