Killie boss rues dropped points

HAMILTON ACCIES 1

Brophy (42) KILMARNOCK 1

Longstaff (7)

LEE CLARK felt his players produced an opening half-hour that was as good as anything he’s ever been involved in.

Clark said: “A draw was probably fair, but it feels like a defeat, given how dominant we were for the first half-hour.

“Of all the years I’ve been involved in football, since I was 16, I’ve never been involved in a game where it was so one-sided.”

Accies boss Martin Canning praised his young players for fighting back to get a draw after seeing his injury list grow to NINE first team players out injured when Alex D’Acol went off after 20 minutes.

The Hamilton squad is thin enough but he is delighted the players have displayed the character and commitment to take four points from their last two league games.

Accies fell behind to a Sean Longstaff strike but responded when sub Eamonn Brophy levelled just before half-time.

The 20-year-old striker typified what Canning talked about and the manager said: “It’s credit to our young players that they have been able to help, but any team would struggle with such an amount of players unavailable.

“I was pleased young Eamonn scored. We’ll work on his all-round game, taking the ball in and his anticipation, but the finishing part is the most important aspect for a striker and it’s there for him.

“Kilmarnock started really well and you could they had a week to prepare but we had a gruelling midweek game against Inverness that took a lot out of us.”

Accies fans met with the board pre-match, peace breaking out after the cancellation of their protest against the powerbrokers for not