You better believe it - Clarke’s Killie

Kilmarnock won thanks to goals from Lee Erwin and Stephen O’donnell to leave them unbeaten in nine games.

Killie broke the deadlock as early as the fifth minute when Stephen O’donnell’s cross was collected by Erwin.

He used his strength to hold off young Ronan Hughes and spun to bullet home a shot from seven yards. The home team never looked back from then on.

They dominated possession and used the ball well.

Their attacking fullbacks, O’donnell and Greg Taylor, caused all sorts of problems.

In the middle of the park Alan Power and Gary Dicker were solid and effective. Power, in particular, really caught the eye.

When Accies did have possession and threatened to build, Power led the charge to harass his opponents and win the ball back.

It was impressive stuff from Killie, and they showed real energy and determination.

The second goal, right on half-time, was jammy.

Hamilton cleared the ball from a corner and it fell to O’donnell, 40 yards out. He side-footed with some pace back into the danger area and it went through a crowd of players to deceive Gary Woods and passed him, low into his bottom right-hand corner.

The goal came at the perfect time to seal the points.

Rugby Park boss Steve Clarke said: “It was a good three points. The only criticism I have is that we didn’t get a third goal to kill the game because Hamilton never give up and they came close once or twice.

“We scored good goals. Lee’s was a great finish and he has a big future at Kilmarnock.

“Some might want to call Stephen’s goal flukey