Hibernian Women head coach Grant Scott was “disappointed” to leave Petershill Park with just one point following a “good performance” against Glasgow City yesterday.
In a tightly-contested clash under the lights, Rachael Boyle clipped the crossbar as Kirsten Reilly and Rosie Livingstone were both denied at close-range by Lee Gibson – with Noa Schumacher rarely called upon up the other end.
Hibs remain the one team to have not lost to the league leaders domestically this season, but remain frustrated to have not cut down the points deficit between the sides.
“I think it was a good performance from us today,” Scott told Hibs TV. “I thought we were really disciplined in our work, carried a threat when we went into attack, a lot of good moments in stealing the ball, but maybe just lacked that little bit of quality.
“I think it was the same for both sides, we cancelled each other out at times. But it’s a difficult opponent, difficult venue, and we’ve came and done our job.
“These single points are not great, we would have liked to claw back some more on City, but I think given the toughness of the task, we’ll take it and move on.
“We’re here to win the game, so it’s disappointing. But I think in terms of our performance level, we were disappointed not to produce a performance level across 90 minutes last week and feel like we let ourselves down a little bit in the second half [against Hearts].
“I think City had a momentum spell for a good 10-15 minutes at some point in the second half. But we were much better equipped this week to ride it out and show again our qualities going forward.
“So it’s a good performance. It’s probably a decent point at this venue and against City. So yeah, we’re more happy than certainly we were last week.”
Before Hibs host Dryburgh Athletic in the Scottish Cup next month, a break occurs as a number of players travel away with their international teams.
As Stacey Papadopoulos ventures into her first national team camp with Greece and a few others look forward to representing Scotland, the international break now comes at a useful time due to several injuries in the squad.
“I think injured players certainly have a couple of weeks to extend their rehab and see if they can move on and be fit for the next game. And we’ll keep the other ones ticking over.
“But when you’re in football, you want to play matches. I’m never fond of a break. But some of the girls get to go and represent their country at different age groups, which is nice. And it’s good for the club that we’ve got people in those environments again.”
