Sena so glad to clean up for Thistle
PARTICK THISTLE stopper Mouhamed Niang was thrilled to shut out Dumbarton – but gutted Jags failed to make their dominance count at the other end.
Ian McCall’s men were held 0-0 at Firhill with the man they call Sena starring alongside Darren Brownlie at the back.
The former Pollok midfielder said: “Playing in defence, it’s good to get three clean sheets on the bounce but it comes down to the result and we’re all gutted with a draw.
“We had plenty of chances, and I had a good one myself in the dying seconds. I thought I’d scored but unfortunately it was slightly off-target.
“I thoroughly enjoyed playing at the back.
“I started off my career in that position and I’m very comfortable there. It’s my natural position.
“Moving into the future, that’s where I want to play. Tactically and technically I feel like I’m getting better in every game.
“I feel ‘ve not done too badly. I feel this league is very much there for the taking as we have a lot of quality in our squad.
“We’re defending really well now and need to find a way to score. I should have scored.
“Me and Daz are very close and we work well together in the centre of defence. He helps me a lot.”
Sons’ Polish keeper Kevin Dabrowski saved a Brian Graham penalty and boss Jim Duffy hailed the on-loan Hibs ace.
Duffy said: “It was a tough game. We had to defend well and our
Clyde P, Forfar P; Cove 1, Montrose 2; East Fife 2, Airdrie 0; Falkirk 2, Peterhead 1; Partick Th 0 Dumbarton 0.
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(Saturday 3pm) Airdrie v Montrose; Clyde v Falkirk; Dumbarton v Cove; Forfar v Partick Th; Peterhead v East Fife. goalkeeper was superb. Kevin pulled off three or four really good stops, especially the two right at the end of each half, the penalty just before halftime and in the last minute.
“It was a hard-earned point against a good side.”
Falkirk are four points clear at the top after beating Peterhead 2-1, with Blair Alston and Connor Sammon netting while Lyall Cameron replied.
Russell McLean’s winner for Montrose ended Cove Rangers’ unbeaten league record at Balmoral Stadium. Harry Milne put Cove ahead but a Graham Webster penalty and McLean made it 2-1 to the visitors.
Jack Hamilton’s deadly double saw East Fife dump Airdrie 2-0 to move off bottom spot.