Cove Rangers 1-1 Arbroath: Points shared in Championship relegation battle
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Neither Cove Rangers nor Arbroath could strike a decisive blow in the Scottish Championship relegation fight after a draw at the Balmoral Stadium.
Leighton McIntosh's 75th-minute goal looked like it might be enough to move Cove seven clear of their visitors.
However, with full time approaching, Arbroath levelled through Olutoyosi Olusanya's back post header to stay four points adrift.
They are now just one clear of bottom side Hamilton, who won at Inverness.
Cove Rangers manager Paul Hartley: "I'm just really frustrated and disappointed at conceding with a couple of minutes to go. We had enough height in the team- it is people not doing their jobs properly.
"The players probably knew from the start of the season how big a battle it was going to be to stay in the division. Everybody is scrapping for their lives down there."
Arbroath manager Dick Campbell: "I take positives out of everything, what an attitude we have got to come back. The second half, we had waves and waves of attack and we should have won the game.
"I don't kid on with anybody, there is 11 games to go, now it is 33 points, being a greedy Fifer I am wanting 33 of them. There will be a battle and my team will battle right to the very end."