Lewis Stevenson was glad that Hibs took a share of the points with a late equaliser against Celtic at Parkhead last night but believes that they did enough to have won the game.
Stevenson replaced Josh Doig at half-time to make his 500th appearance for Hibs, joining Arthur Duncan, Pat Stanton and Willie Ormond at the top of the club’s all-time appearance list.
It looked as though it would end in disappointment however when Celtic took the lead from a David Turnbull free-kick which Stevenson believes was wrongly awarded by referee Steven McLean then in the last minute the SPFL’s joint top-scorer Kevin Nisbet made it 1-1 with a well taken strike.
After the final whistle Stevenson told Sky Sports: “It was a strange one obviously with the build-up. There were a lot of things going on. Josh (Doig) had a tight hamstring at half-time so I got the call.
“I’m happy we didn’t get beat but I think we are a bit gutted. We thought we should have done a bit more. We huffed and puffed but deep down we should have been better than that tonight.
“We had a fair bit of territory that you don’t usually get at Parkhead but our final ball was poor.
“It’s been a strange day all round and to come away from the game with nothing would have been a travesty so we are glad we got a point but deep down we think we should have come here and won.
“I’m a bit disappointed at their free-kick. I think Stephen (McGinn) got a bit of the ball and I didn’t think it was a free-kick at the time so we were gutted about that.
“It was a great strike from Turnbull but we showed good character to come back and hopefully that can be a turning point after our wee sticky patch.”
His former manager Alan Stubbs who was commentating on the match added: “He’s an absolute credit to himself and the football club. He is a brilliant lad and a great professional.
“He’s not a minute’s trouble whatsoever. If you wanted a perfect player to coach he comes into that category. He deserves all the plaudits tonight and I have full respect for him.”
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.
