David Gray identifies huge Hibs moment from St Johnstone win and delivers Martin Boyle quip
David Gray felt Hibs' first goal was a massive turning point in their win over St Johnstone this afternoon.
The Hibees were deserved victors over the Perth Saints but it took them until first half stoppage time to get the breakthrough, a goal from Mykola Kuharevich. Gray felt his side had been a but a laborious until that point and that the ball hitting the net when it did providing the players and home supporters with a "release."
He said: “It was a huge goal. I think it was a huge goal for the players and for just the stadium in general. I think we were a wee bit edgy, a wee bit lethargic in certain situations.
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“We could have showed a little bit more composure on the ball and I think you've seen that when the goal went in, we came out second half, really settled us down and the boys showed a lot more quality and composure on the ball and just looked a bit freer and a bit looser, which was great to see. I think the subs coming on as well really helped us at the right time and it was a real collective performance. So I'm delighted with it.
“It's great to finally get that three points and more importantly a clean sheet as well. I think that's something that we take a lot of pride in as well for how hard we've worked at.
“I think the manner in which we've done it as well. It's not as if we just stumbled across the line to try and get that clean sheet I'm delighted with the manner in which we've done it. I thought we were really worthy of the clean sheet. Defensively solid, good decision making from goalkeeper right to the front, pressing from the front. I thought we were really good and it's something that we fully deserve for the amount of effort we put in.
“It's not something we're going to stop working hard at. We're continually trying to improve all the time on all aspects of the game.”
Martin Boyle scored the second after opting to take a shot on himself instead of squaring it, and Gray smiled: “Yes, lovely finish. Just as well he scored because he should have squared it! If he didn’t score, he might have been in a bit of bother!”