McCowan tells Dee to front up following poor display in the capital

2024-02-26 -

DUNDEE must take ownership of their performance in their disappointing defeat away to Hibs.

That’s the view of Luke McCowan after the Dark Blues’ lead in the top-six race was cut to two points at Easter Road.

The Hibees ran out 2-1 winners after dominating for much of the contest.

“We were lucky to go in at half-time just 1-0 down because we didn’t use the ball well enough,” McCowan said.

“You can play bad, get back into the game and then be frustrated we lost a goal.

“But I don’t think we played anywhere near our usual selves and have to be smarter when we attack.

“We could have controlled the game far better but we didn’t do it.

“We knew before the game what type of team Hibs were but we didn’t deal with it and were punished.”

Trevor Carson gave away the penalty that broke the first-half deadlock.

However, he went on to make a string of saves and McCowan insists there won’t be any blame for the goalie coming from the dressing room.

“If it wasn’t for Trev in the first half it could easily have been three or four,” he added.

“Trev probably won’t care about the saves he made because that’s the standard he sets himself.”

McCowan is pleased to have a midweek game this week to bounce back in.

However, a daunting trip to Premiership champions Celtic on Wednesday isn’t the ideal.

“It’s a tough one to bounce yourself back in, but you have to dust yourself off and get going again,” he added.

“I’ve always liked midweek games because they give you the chance to go again no matter what the result has been the previous weekend.”