Killie twice came from behind to earn a point
from an excellent game at Rugby Park to deny Dunfermline their
first-ever Premier League victory at Rugby Park.
Craig Brewster put the Pars in front just
before half time, but Greg Shields pulled Killie level after the
interval.
Lee Bullen missed a penalty but made amends
by putting Dunfermline back in front.
But Kris Boyd scored late on to give the home
side a deserved point after he scuffed a shot past Ruitenbeek.
McSwegan put the Pars' defence under early
pressure with a powerful shot from 30 yards which deflected over Marco
Ruitenbeek's crossbar for a corner.
In the seventh minute, Barry Nicholson's
free-kick almost set up Crawford but Chris Innes nipped in to clear
with a header back to Gordon Marshall.
Dunfermline almost snatched the lead in the
13th minute when Lee Bullen found himself clear 15 yards from goal but
Marshall saved his effort.
Then Ruitenbeek denied McDonald his first
goal for Kilmarnock in the 16th minute with a good save.
Gary Mason took advantage of slack marking in
the Killie defence to run clear on the right but Marshall dived to
snatch the ball as it flew across goal in the 34th minute.
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from SNS & used with permission)
Six minutes before the break, Dindeleux
almost gave Killie the lead but his net-bound header from Steve
Fulton's cross was flicked over the crossbar by Ruitenbeek.
But, in the 43rd minute, Brewster at last
broke the deadlock when he shot low past Marshall from a tight angle.
Killie substitute Stephen Murray almost made
an immediate impact with a shot from 25 yards that rose a couple of
feet over the Dunfermline crossbar just after half time.
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Crawford then forced a good save from
Marshall with a shot from 15 yards.
But Killie got back on level terms in the
49th minute when Greg Shields caught Ruitenbeek off his line to score
from distance.
A minute later, Dunfermline were awarded a
penalty when Marshall took down Gary Dempsey on the edge of the box.
But the Killie keeper redeemed himself when
he pulled off a great save from Bullen's spot-kick.
Bullen made amends a few minutes later,
firing past Marshall with the Kilmarnock defence nowhere to be seen.
Jim Jefferies brought on Boyd for Gary
McSwegan in an attempt to snatch something from the game. Poor Gary received
an unwelcome and embarrassing reception from the home
"support" when he left the field.
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from SNS & used with permission)
Within three minutes, the substitute Kris
Boyd (above) scored his 4th goal of the season in getting Killie's equaliser,
after he got on the end of a Gary Locke corner.
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The home side, sensing victory, pushed
forward in a bid for the winner and Boyd might have added a third for
the home side with four minutes left to play but he headed straight at
Ruitenbeek following Jose Quitongo's cross.
Kilmarnock: Marshall, Innes,
McLaughlin, Dindeleux (Murray 45), Shields, Locke, Fulton, McDonald (Quitongo
45), Hay, McSwegan (Boyd 72), Boutal.
Subs not used: Meldrum, Sanjuan.
Booked: Marshall.
Att: 5,515
