Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin told BBC Scotland: “The end result felt a bit like a failure given the way we equalized and the chances we had in the game.
“I think it should have been a pretty easy and straightforward win but unfortunately I’m standing here talking about dropping points from the lead again and not being able to watch the game.
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“That’s the main frustration.
“I can’t say we didn’t target that situation in training, defending the penalty area. I tried a lot of combinations with the back three and I have to say the back three defended the penalty area brilliantly for 90 minutes. Everything Kilmarnock threw at us from through balls, set pieces, wide passes, I thought we defended really well.
“I don’t know if it was a lack of concentration towards the end of the game. But to have a Kilmarnock striker break into the box unmarked and get a header was criminal for us. We need to be more aggressive and there needs to be a challenge to make sure we finish the game with all three points.
“I thought over the course of the game we performed well against a Kilmarnock team who have been scoring goals at will lately. We controlled the conditions better.
“If we had won the game 2-0 or 3-0 I don’t think there would be any complaints, but we haven’t stayed the course and dropped a few more points from a winning position.”