Jim Goodwin calls for Dundee United to be positive in relegation battle.It provides us with more challenges to grow and more challenges to get better.” “It is a big advantage to the club having European football and also for us as a team. We are building and there is another window coming up and all that kind of stuff. We know there are two really big games coming up and it is going to be difficult. We are all well aware of the expectation. “There is still an overriding sense of confidence in the team that we can do what we need to do to get a European place. We know it is going to be difficult, but we are ready for that. “We know we have to go out there in the next couple of games and do a job. “It is that time of the season where there is no point getting too down about things. “We feel that over the last couple of weeks we have taken a step forward and it is about continuing that. “We know where we are as a team and we want to keep building. It is about taking the positives from Sunday, looking at the things we need to improve on and then taking them into the game on Wednesday night, which will be a similar game.
“We are still in with a chance of European football, which is our aim. “But we are at that stage in the season where we need results. The 31-year-old midfielder, who signed from Belgian club Eupen in January, said: “There were positives but there are still a lot of things we need to improve when it comes to these types of games to get a little bit closer. Hibs finish the campaign with two tough matches, at home to Celtic and away to Edinburgh rivals Hearts and Jeggo remains positive. Lee Johnson’s side are in fifth place – two points ahead of St Mirren, four points behind Hearts and six behind Aberdeen – with European places potentially available up to fifth place in the league as long as champions Celtic beat Inverness in the Scottish Cup final. The Hibees had not lost in four games before the 3-1 cinch Premiership defeat to the Light Blues where goals from Gers skipper James Tavernier, Ianis Hagi and Todd Cantwell rendered Paul Hanlon’s added-time header as a consolation. Jimmy Jeggo believes Hibernian can recover from Sunday’s setback against Rangers to keep themselves in contention for a European place. St Mirren could have wrapped it up with a late third but Thierry Small’s low shot was well saved by Clark with his legs.Īnd that proved costly when Ryan Flynn pushed over Ginnelly in the box and Shankland converted the penalty. Haring was late on O’Hara and referee David Dickinson produced the red card – with VAR upholding the decision. Hearts gave themselves a lifeline in the 73rd minute when Nathaniel Atkinson’s back-post cross was tapped in by Ginnelly.īut the visitors’ prospects took a dip minutes later when they were reduced to 10 men. If the goalkeeper was in any way at fault there he made up for it early in the second half with two stunning saves, the first to push a Strain shot over his crossbar and then the second to block a Shaughnessy header. James Hill was penalised for going in high and late on Mark O’Hara and Strain swept the subsequent free-kick low past Clark at his near post. The home side did go two up deep into first-half stoppage time. Saints could have doubled their lead after Greive teed up Curtis Main only for Clark to make a terrific save to deny him. Scott Tanser’s corner was headed back across goal by Gogic and Shaughnessy could not miss as he tapped in from a matter of yards. The home side, though, would not be denied after 36 minutes. St Mirren did have the ball in the net through Alex Gogic following a free-kick but Greive was offside in the build-up. The home side were starting to dominate by this point and Toby Sibbick did well to block a goalbound Alex Greive shot. It took until the 19th minute before either goalkeeper had a save to make, Zander Clark comfortably fielding Strain’s long-range effort. Out went the suspended Alex Cochrane, his place taken by Andy Halliday. Hearts, in turn, made just one alteration to their starting line-up after losing to Celtic. Out went Declan Gallagher and Charles Dunne, replaced by Shaughnessy and Richard Taylor. St Mirren made two changes from the team beaten by Hibernian. Hearts, though, kept battling and Shankland rolled in a late spot-kick to earn the visitors a point. Josh Ginnelly got one back for the visitors before Peter Haring was shown a straight red card.
Lawrence Shankland netted a stoppage-time penalty to earn 10-man Hearts a 2-2 draw away to St Mirren.įirst-half goals from Joe Shaughnessy and Ryan Strain had Stephen Robinson’s men well in control at half-time.
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