Martin Canning brushes off Richie Foran's pressure claim ahead of season finale

The Ladbrokes Premiership bottom side beat Dundee 2-0 at Dens Park on Wednesday night to go one point behind Hamilton who are in the play-off spot and also have a superior goal difference of five.

Afterwards, Foran said: "All the pressure that was on our shoulders goes straight to the Hamilton players."

Accies' 3-2 defeat at Ross County on Tuesday night was their fourth loss in a row and their final league fixture is at home to Dundee on Saturday with Inverness hosting Motherwell.

Canning believes Foran's comments were expected but misplaced.

He said: "He is saying what you would expect him to say.

"He is trying to take all the pressure from his team on to our team which is a natural thing to do.

"But trust me, there is still a load of pressure on Inverness, because they know they have to still win their game.

"If we take care of our job then it doesn't matter what they do.

"It is still in our hands and it has been from the split. That is the disappointing thing for us.

"We have lost four games in a row which isn't acceptable at this stage of the season. It is going to put you in trouble.

"If we had won one of the last four we would have been safe and looking to catch teams above you.

"That's the way it should have been so we know we have let ourselves down in terms of the last four results and we have to put that right on Saturday.

"We were excellent the other night, hopefully the breaks come on Saturday."

Midfielder Darian MacKinnon was equally nonplussed by Foran's claim.

He said: "He has got to say that, hasn't he?

"He is trying to get an edge but the pressure is on them as well.

"We know what we have to do.

"We have had a terrible last four or five games but we think we are good enough to stay in this league and hopefully we can prove it on Saturday.

"After Tuesday I am pretty sure that we have used up all the bad luck so hopefully we can get the rub of the green on Saturday."

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