Connor Allan scored a sublime late winner as Falkirk moved up to fourth in the William Hill Premiership after coming from behind to beat Dundee 2-1 at the Falkirk Stadium.

The centre-back, who was only in the side after an injury to defender Lewis Neilson, won the ball in the Dundee half and coolly jinked past a couple of challenges before slotting the ball past Jon McCracken to seal victory in the 89th minute.

Dundee defender Clark Robertson had earlier scored at both ends as a competitive match seemed to be heading for a draw.

Robertson, who is the Dark Blues’ top scorer this season with four goals, headed home a Cameron Congreve corner to give Dundee a first-half lead.

But the hosts, who had been poor in the opening 45 minutes, improved markedly after the break and the unfortunate Robertson directed Ethan Williams’ effort into his own net shortly after half-time.

Falkirk also hit the woodwork through Calvin Miller and Ross MacIver during a frantic 10-minute period after the interval, but they could not sustain the pressure as the match appeared to be ambling towards a draw before Allan’s late intervention.

It was the away side who created the first opportunity after just two minutes...