The win took Livingston above Dundee United and into sixth place in the Premiership and Holt said: "For 90 minutes I thought we dominated the game.

"I don't think we were under any pressure, Robby McCrorie didn't have a save to make.

"That performance was synonymous with who we are and that's something that is really pleasing.

"We are good at scrapping, good at hunting in packs, we're good at pressing people to make mistakes and have that never-say-die attitude.

"It would have been unjust not to come away with three points.

"But you have to fight, scrap and battle and I thought we had that in abundance and we still had the composure to score the winning goal."

A disappointed United boss Micky Mellon said: "It is a sore one for us.

"It was a tough game, it was direct, a lot of free-kicks and corners and set plays, turned round continuously.

"I understand that you have to be better at finding the way that you want to play but sometimes you just have to get on with it, win your headers and knock-downs and keep battling and on the whole without creating a lot of chances, we did that.

"To lose a goal like that at the end is a sore one.

"The manner of the way we lost it is disappointing but all we can do is come back next week and keep trying to improve."