Mixed emotions for Neil Lennon after Hibs draw at Ross County
Hibernian boss Neil Lennon was left with mixed emotions after seeing his side snatch a last-gasp equaliser to draw a game he felt they dominated.
Billy McKay's 28th-minute goal had looked set to earn Ross County the spoils at Dingwall, only for substitute Oli Shaw to earn a point for Hibs with a 90th-minute leveller.
Lennon was delighted with the way his side battled to the end to get something out of the game, but felt they should have been returning to Edinburgh with a victory.
`We've dominated the game, and County scored with their first attack and maybe their only attack. I don't remember (Ofir) Marciano having a great deal to do apart from (Alex) Schalk in the second half having a snapshot that went wide.
`I'm disappointed that we didn't win the game, but I'm really pleased with the character and the never-say-die attitude of the team.'
Lennon felt that Martin Boyle and Florian Kamberi should have done better with their opportunities when the game was goalless, likewise Paul Hanlon.
He added: `We should have been 2-0 up. Boyle's clean through and mis-controls it, and Kamberi misses a header. I don't know if he got enough on it but he should have scored.
`And then Paul's missed a great chance from the corner. So really we could have had at least two in the first half.
`In the second half we put them under a lot of pressure on a difficult pitch, so I'm really pleased with the way they've kept going in the end. We got a really deserved goal, and a really deserved point.'
Second-bottom County came into the match having beaten Partick Thistle 4-0 last time out, and another win would have seen them move to within two points of Hamilton and Dundee above them.
Co-manager Stuart Kettlewell admits it was disappointing to see victory snatched away at the death, but said they now need to regroup going into the split.
`We are under no illusions how big a victory it would have been for us. There is huge disappointment about the fact we have drawn the game from what the players put into the game,' he said.
`But our job is to pick them up and make it clear to them this could be a huge point for us going forward. We know how good a side Hibs are and the run they have been on - that was all mentioned before the game.
`But I saw a very resolute side in Ross County today. I saw a side that worked together, our defensive organisation, our shape and willingness to put our bodies in the line, as happens in a relegation battle, was all there to see.'