Watch us go now, says hero McKay
BILLY McKAY says the dramatic late win over Rangers on Friday night will give Inverness Caledonian Thistle the confidence they need to secure their Ladbrokes Premiership survival.
McKay scored with a spectacular overhead kick with just over a minute remaining to clinch a morale-boosting 2-1 victory for Richie Foran’s side and lift them off the bottom of the table.
It was the first league win for the Highlanders since a 3-0 victory against Motherwell at Fir Park on October 26.
Inverness, who jumped above Hamilton with the triumph, will have a difficult task building on the result when they host runaway leaders Celtic on Wednesday night.
However, McKay, on loan from English League One club Oldham until the end of the season, feels the tide has finally turned for Caledonian Thistle.
“We needed the win on Friday night and we got it,” said the Northern Ireland internationalist. “We’ll push on from here. I think the last few weeks we’ve shown a bit of change. Last week we nearly sneaked a win against Hearts and to get the win against Rangers took us off the bottom of the league. We’re only looking up now. We’ve got too much to be in the position we’re in.”
Foran believes that McKay, who enjoyed four successful seasons at Inverness before leaving for Wigan in 2015, could be the difference between his side staying up and getting relegated.
“Obviously, there’s a lot of pressure on me but I know what the lads are like and they’ll help me out,” said the 28-year-old.
“The goal on Friday night is right up there with any I’ve scored in the past. I’ve scored some good goals against Celtic and I scored one against Liverpool early in my career. But that ranks up there with them.”