Kilmarnock manager Kenny Shiels says referee Craig Thomson joined his team in putting in a poor performance in Tuesday night’s game with Dundee United.

The Terrors ran out 4-0 winners at Tannadice, with Jon Daly opening the scoring from the spot following the dismissal of Liam Kelly for denying Gary Mackay-Steven an obvious goal scoring opportunity.

Shiels admits his team were well beaten on the night but says Thomson also has room for improvement, in a game which saw 12 fouls, four yellow cards and one sending off.

"It was a poor performance, there were contributing factors but they were the better team," said Shiels.

"I was disappointed in Craig tonight, I thought he was off the pace, as we were. He struggled to keep up with play and handed out cards like confetti.

"That isn't why we were beaten though, we were beaten because the best team on the night won the game.

"We are going to try and correct our frailties after tonight and the referee maybe needs to look at his performance and try improve too."

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