SIMO VALAKARI hopes battling to a point with 10 men is the turning point in St Johnstone's survival scrap.
Saints lost Jason Holt to a red card four minutes before the break for a foul on Chris Cadden.
But a penalty from Nicky Clark in first-half stoppage time gave the Perth battlers something to cling on to.
And despite conceding an equaliser to Dwight Gayle just 11 minutes from the end, Saints posted a brave defensive effort to stop the rot after four successive defeats.
Gaffer Valakari reckons it will give his embattled backline confidence for the challenges ahead.
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