Hibs’ defender Steven Whittaker wants four more performances like Saturday’s to take the club to second place in the table.
All eyes were on Easter Road this weekend as Celtic looked to secure their seventh title in a row but Neil Lennon’s men made them wait an extra week.
Goals from Jamie MacLaren and Vykintas Slivka sparked jubilation from the home supporters and although Celtic grabbed a consolation goal near the end, Hibs ran out comfortable winners.
Remarkably Hibs gave the hoops their second domestic defeat of the season without four key players, David Gray, Darren McGregor, Marvin Bartley and Scott Allan demonstrating the strength of the squad.
After the game Steven Whittaker told Hibernian TV: “Celtic came here to win the title on the day and we managed to stop them and take three points so it was a great start going into the remaining four fixtures.
“We always press high against Celtic and take the game to them. we know that we are more than capable of scoring against them so it was just a matter of trying to keep them out as well.
“They like to dictate play and control the pace of the game.
“I thought that everyone worked their socks off today and I thought we thoroughly deserved our win.
“We knew we were up against a quality side who would create the odd chance and that’s where we called upon Ofir (Marciano) to make some saves and he was there when needed but we created a number of chances and maybe the scoreline could have shown more goals for us but it wasn’t to be but we still took the three points.
“The next four performances have to be like that today.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
