St Johnstone, a point better off than the Staggies, are now four points behind third placed Inverness CT, with the sides meeting in Perth next weekend.The hosts resumed control of the game, and Dave MacKay stung the gloves of Fraser with a long range shot a minute before they restored their lead.Brittain was centre of attention after his bid to cancel his agreed move to McDiarmid Park but he did not let that distract him and the County skipper celebrated both of his goals with great enthusiasm.St Johnstone went looking for a third, and Rowan Vine and Abeid both went close but, as half-time approached, Ross County had two great chances to level.St Johnstone were ahead with the first real chance of the game, Gregory Tade directing a free header into the path of McLean, who had drifted in behind the static defence, and he nodded over Michael Fraser.The impressive Abeid opened another opportunity for Saints shortly after half-time; nipping down the right and cutting a low ball across the danger area that just evaded Tade.It could have been 2-0 three minutes later when Medhi Abeid swiped a shot wide after Tade's header was clawed off the line.However, their luck changed with 15 minutes remaining when Tam Scobbie brought down Sproule in the area after a great diving save from Mannus despite the Northern Irishman running away from goal, leaving referee Willie Collum no choice but to point to the spot.Iain Vigurs sparked the visitors into life after 13 minutes; winning a penalty after a fierce drive was spilled by Alan Mannus and Chris Millar bundled him over.A misplaced header from Frazer Wright presented Wohlfarth with a great chance to snatch a winner for the visitors but the striker nodded wide as the action swung to the other end.Brittain kept a cool head to drive his penalty low into the left hand corner to a background of boos from the home support.
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