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Lawrence Shankland rose to head home a 92nd-minute winner for Dundee United

Lawrence Shankland's late double spared Dundee United an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Arbroath and kept them top of the Scottish Championship.

The title favourites trailed after 88 minutes to Luke Donnelly's smart finish from Bobby Linn's cross.

But Shankland - who earlier hit a post - levelled with two minutes left.

Then he headed in his 12th of the season in stoppage-time to keep United ahead of Ayr United on goal difference and spark wild celebrations.

Donnelly's replacement, Josh Campbell, had hit a home post before Shankland settled the game, with Steven Doris also shooting narrowly wide for the visitors, who drop to fifth.

Dundee United head coach Robbie Neilson: "At the end of the season, nobody really cares how you get your points tally. There's going to be days like this but it's about continuing to go to the end.

"They were very hard to break down and the two centre halves took care of Shankland for the majority of the game but when you start getting that quality into him, he does what he's good at."

Arbroath manager Dick Campbell: "We should never have lost that game because we weren't professional enough to see the game out.

"Shankland was the difference, no doubt about that. His first strike is clinical but how he got the second header is beyond me. He's not exactly a giant but we failed to stop the cross coming in."