We deserved more, says proud Hamilton manager
touch as Accies were undone by one of their own, but the celebrations on the Rangers bench told its own story.
So did the ones just yards away when Callachan rescued a point for Accies with the final kick of the ball. The angle was tight, but Callachan would not be denied again as he bundled the ball home after McGregor had once again saved from Anderson.
There was no time for Rangers to recover here. But the clock is still ticking towards their coronation as champions.
BRIAN RICE believes Hamilton deserved more than a point from their clash with Rangers after giving their survival hopes a timely boost.
Accies produced a bold showing to take the game to Steven Gerrard’s side and got their rewards in the final seconds as Ross Callachan bundled home a dramatic equaliser at the FOYS Stadium.
A Brian Easton own goal looked to have denied Accies a share of the spoils, but Rice was delighted with the performance from his bottom-of-thetable side.
“From my point of view and my team’s point of view, I think a point is the least that we deserved for our bravery, the way we played and for the commitment the boys showed,” he said. “I think a point is the least they deserved.
“It just shows you the spirit that we have got here and the belief that we have got that we didn’t let the heads go down. To go to the 94th minute against Rangers and get that equaliser says a lot for the lads.
“You get that feeling sometimes [that it won’t be your day] when you are at the sidelines, but I had a belief in them. At half time I told them they were being so brave, but that you don’t get anything for half times.
“If we lost a goal, we had to go again. I don’t want us to ever, ever give up and I don’t want to see us feeling sorry for ourselves. I am shouting that, telling them to keep going and Ross Callachan, he missed a really good chance at 0-0, but he is in there.
“I said to him to keep getting in, keep getting in. It doesn’t matter when it is, something will fall for you and it happened. But I am proud of the boys. I thought it was a really top-class performance.”
Chris Jack