I’ll be happy with either Murrayfield or Hampden

Murrayfield? We will play wherever we have to play. I didn’t even know the circumstances really until after the match.

“It’s not going to be a home tie for anyone. So wherever we play we will play.

“You are always hopeful you will win silverware. You just need to look at our last two games to see when we are not playing absolutely brilliantly, in our worst performances, our drop-off rate is not that much. But we’ll need another performance like tonight if we’re to get through the semi-final.

“That was brilliant. What a game of football. I loved it. I said to the boys at half-time: ‘I wish I was playing’.

“What a brilliant game – right from the beginning. It never let up. I’m just thrilled that we managed to get through. We deserved it. We missed a host of chances, good chances as well.

“But even the way the game transpired – going behind, having to come back, getting in front, being pegged back – was great character-building.

“I couldn’t be happier but I thought we could have scored a lot more.”

Well boss Stephen Robinson admitted his side were running on empty at the end of a display he hopes will be the springboard for a season that has failed to hit the heights so far.

He said: “We lost to a very good side. It was a good cup tie and we scored two cracking goals away from home. When you do that, you probably expect to come away with a result. We punched above our weight getting this far.

“Steven Naismith was a class above and he probably made the difference because he has that extra bit of quality.

“Perhaps that’s what we’re missing because we’re about hard work and endeavour.

“Our budget dictates that but I’m confident we can use this night as a catalyst to move on.”