Second-bottom Kilmarnock edged a point closer to St Mirren - and safety - in the Scottish Premiership, but only after surviving an agonising wait and a controversial stoppage-time Dundee penalty award at Rugby Park.

A lengthy VAR review of Jamie Brandon's challenge on Scott Wright ultimately resulted in a spot-kick, which Kilmarnock goalkeeper Kelle Roos saved from Joe Westley in the 13th added minute after an interminable wait for a VAR ruling.

Both managers were critical of the incident - and how it was handled - with Dundee's Steven Pressley saying the "six or seven minute wait" was "simply not good enough" and Neil McCann calling it "chaos".

Wright's first goal since re-joining Dundee had drawn the visitors level a second time in a compelling contest after Joe Hugill and Michael Schjonning-Larsen netted either side of Simon Murray's header.

The draw means Kilmarnock are two points off St Mirren and five below Dundee and Aberdeen.

And with Livingston 12 points adrift with five to play, it seems to be a four-way fight to avoid the two-legged Premiership play-off final against a Championship side.

With the match already four minutes into added time, Charlie Reilly crossed from Dundee's right, and Wright went down with Brandon in close proximity.

Referee Ross Hardie pointed to the spot and booked the Kilmarnock defender.

VAR had to establish whether Wright was onside and took around nine minutes to do so, with Hardie going over to the monitor towards the end of that time.

McCann later indicated there were technical issues with VAR and that the officials "couldn't calibrate the machine" to draw the lines and "had to support the on-field decision".

So, penalty Dundee. But Westley could not get the better of Roos.

"It was chaos," McCann said. "It's a ridiculous situation when the referee's got to come over and he's got to judge whether that's offside or not.

"I think it was offside. I don't think it's a penalty either. It's so soft. There's a wee bit of contact but this is a contact sport, he's clearly not going to get on the ball."

Dundee manager Steven Pressley said he does not blame the officials but rather that the technology is not fit for purpose.

"The reality is that our technology in this country isn't up to speed," he said. "As a result, you get difficult situations like we did at the end of the game.

Asked how the situation could be improved, Pressley replied: "With better technology, it's as simple as that - investment in better technology."

The late, late controversy dominated the discussions but even with the missed penalty, it was probably a better point for Dundee than Kilmarnock.

Hugill's volley after Bruce Anderson's shot had deflected perfectly to him was cancelled out by Murray's header from Tony Yogane's cross.

Murray thought he had put Dundee in front but VAR made its first significant intervention, ruling the visiting captain was offside after latching on to Roos' save following Ethan Hamilton's shot.

It looked as though Schjonning-Larsen's powerful shot from the edge of the box would be the winner until Dundee substitutes Imari Samuels and Wright combined for the latter's finish in the inside left channel.

That goal ultimately denied Kilmarnock a third straight win at home and fifth overall since McCann's January arrival. They will have just two more after the split.

Dundee, on the other hand, will have three games at Dens Park, including visits from St Mirren and Aberdeen.

"The goal of this season is to survive. It's still in our own hands," Pressley said.

Kilmarnock manager Neil McCann: "I'm probably a bit disappointed we've not got three points. In hindsight, maybe tomorrow it might look like a good point.

"We just didn't take a couple of chances that came our way but I can't have any complaints in how we approached the game. I thought the boys were brilliant.

"They were brave, loads of courage, worked their socks off."

Dundee manager Steven Pressley: "I didn't think we played particularly well. The conditions were difficult, we didn't play with fluency. We went behind twice in the game and on both occasions, we responded terrifically well.

"We expect better in our performance. We didn't lose coming here in what was a very difficult game. For us to get a point is a good point.

"I give the players great credit, we kept persevering, we kept pushing and in the end we nearly won the game."

Kilmarnock start their post-split programme away to Aberdeen on 25 April (15:00 BST).

Dundee's first game after the split is away to city rivals Dundee United the following day (14:00).