Ross County hero reveals penalty difficulty, booking fear over antics and Partick Thistle adversity claim
The 30-year-old produced two huge saves in the shootout win in the Premiership play-off final, having kept the team in the tie with eye-catching stops in the first-leg. It was the first time this season he had saved a penalty, something goalkeeper coach Scott Thomson had mentioned prior to the second-leg on Sunday.
“I think he couldn’t believe his eyes when I saved a couple,” he said. “But we practised them on Saturday and I saved three, so I was confident going into it. I thought I might save a few. Everyone hit a penalty in the practice, even me and I scored it… I didn’t fancy taking one for real!
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Hide Ad“I banged the bar a few times to put them off a bit. I don’t think you’re actually allowed to do that any more and I thought the ref might book me. But you want any little advantage you can get and in those situations, the emotions take over and you do mad little things.”
A key aspect of the comeback for County was putting Thistle, who led 3-0 with 20 minutes of the tie remaining, into a situation where they had to deal with “adversity”.
“We wanted to get a goal and see how they reacted to it because they’ve not been in that position for a while and everything has been rosy for them,” he said. “Going out in the second half we thought lets just give this a go and see where it takes us.”
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