In-form United attacker is taking nothing for granted

“To be honest, though, I don’t think we could have got much worse than the first half.

“There were no excuses for it and, like I say, the gaffer was right to have a go at us for it.”

Despite his caution, there is no question that if United can reproduce their second-half display, they will have a good chance of not j ust winning handsomely in the second leg but of going all the way in the play-offs.

While his focus is only on tomorrow, Spittal can’t disagree with that statement.

“If we play like we did in the second half, we would be confident we’d have a chance against anyone.

“It’s about belief and that was missing for a while. Not in the last few weeks because, although we haven’t won as many games as we should, the performances have been good.

“Now we’ve turned that into a good win and we want to keep that going.”

The 21-year-old also won’t mind if the scoring form he’s hit in recent weeks continues throughout the play-offs.

It took him until last month’s home win over St Mirren to grab his first of the season but Tuesday made it three goals in four games. He admits that’s been a relief.

“Throughout the season I’ve had good chances and not been putting them away. That’s been frustrating but I’ve kept my head down, kept working and now the chances have started going in.

“Hopefully, I can build on that because we’ve a massive game coming up now.”

Blair Spittal scores the Tangerines’ second goal against Morton.