David at double in Accies’ draw
Hamilton striker David Moyo refuted accusations that he fouled Dunfermline goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk for his side’s first goal in the 2-2 draw on Saturday - and says if anything he was the victim.
The 27-year-old netted his first Accies double, cancelling out a Coll Donaldson strike and a Steven Lawless penalty, taking his tally to seven for the season.
But the Zimbabwean international insists he did nothing wrong.
He said: “I just saw the ball in the air and I thought I jumped earlier and higher than the keeper.
“It looks like a foul because he was underneath me, but I thought it was fair game.
“It was one of those, where as I’ve headed it he’s punched my head, so it should be a foul to me, if anything!”
It maintains the gap between eighthplaced Hamilton and basement side Dunfermline at seven points, going into the final stretch.
And Moyo added: “That was my first double at Hamilton, so it was good to get it, it felt good.
“My aim is just to get the team as high as we can in the table, so hopefully the goals keep coming.
“I’m disappointed we didn’t get all three points, but we’ll take the positives and move on.
“Every point is crucial. Obviously we wanted to take all three from the game so we’re disappointed with that, but every point counts, and hopefully at the end of the season it’s worth something.
“It’s frustrating to draw games because we have high hopes and high expectations of ourselves.
“It shows the character of the lads in the changing room. We went 1-0 down, came back, went 2-1 down, came back, so we’ve got that fighting spirit in our changing room and we just have to keep on fighting.
“There’s plenty of football to be played, and plenty of points up for grabs.”
Boss Stuart Taylor was happy enough to come away with a point after warning his side they would be in for a real battle before kick-off.
He said: “I think it’s exactly what we expected, going into the game, that it was going to be an absolute battle.
“You could tell there was a lot of anxiety about the stadium and it was a case of going out and making sure that we keep in the game, keep at it and keep fighting.
“I thought the players responded really well to going a goal down twice, and in the last 15-20 minutes of the game I felt we were the team on top and I thought we were going to go on and win it.
“I’m really happy with the way we finished the game but I did say to them before they went out that it was going to be hard-fought game and it might take 60-70 minutes before they can get the ball down and play, and be the team on top.
“Credit to them for that, the response was really good from them to losing goals. It was a big improvement from earlier on in the season, because people said that when we went a goal down we found it tough, and I think we responded in the right manner there.
“I think as the season has gone on the players have shown that they’re a lot mentally stronger and proven any critics in that sense, but we still have a lot to work on.”