Yogi bears up well after controversial end to game

WHILE the controversy raged on Saturday evening with regard to Darren Barr's last-minute red card for supposedly head-butting Hearts' Andrius Velicka, Falkirk manager John Hughes took time to reflect on what he felt was a very pleasing performance from his team.

"I thought my players were magnificent," said Yogi. "Perhaps we rode our luck a bit in the first half but, after the interval, I felt we were dominant and the Hearts players know that they've been in a game. After they scored they seemed to sit back on their lead and we had a real go. We need to be a little more balanced in our play. Our lads have a great spirit but perhaps some of them need to believe in themselves a bit more, although that's something that couldn't be said about Patrick Cregg - he reckons he's the best player in the world!

We lost a bad goal today and that cost us the game but the outcome could have been different had Vitor Lima's header gone in instead of coming back off the post."

Taken from the Scotsman