Dundee star in Hibs compliment after thriller as late heroics sum up how rival feels about David Gray's team
The on-loan Swansea City attacker was a thorn in Hibs’ side at the weekend but has paid an Easter Road complement.
A Dundee star has summed up how their side feels about Hibs - as a point versus the Easter Road team is viewed as one gained.
A six-goal thriller played out at Dens Park as Steven Pressley’s hosts held David Gray’s visitors in a 3-3 affair. Dundee got after Owen Elding’s opener for Hibs but Luke Graham and Simon Murray efforts were cancelled out by late Ante Suto and Jamie McGrath strikes. Swansea City loanee Cameron Congreve then curled a brilliant shot from range into the bottom corner to claim a share of the spoils and ease any lingering fears of a relegation play-off berth.
It dents Hibs’ European aspirations as they sit fifth and seven points off Motherwell above them, who have a game in hand against Dundee this weekend. Congreve has impressed in Tayside on loan from Swansea City and believes the strength of Hibs proves a draw was a good result for his team, revealing he’d been working on the moment that caused Easter Road punters pain.
Dundee 3-3 Hibs assessed
Congreve said of the match: “Yes, 100%, that's how it felt. It's a great result against a really strong Hibs side. We want to push ourselves more and probably see the game out at 2-1 but we got there in the end. We're all really fit lads and keep ourselves in the thing.
“So we can dig in and really take it to teams in the last ten or 15 as well if we're behind. I thought it was a really good point in the end. All credit to the lads, we'll fight until the last minute of any game.
“We can probably get a little bit better at controlling the game when we're ahead, to be fair, maybe when we're a goal or two in front. We all showed great character, dug in and we got the result in the end."
How has Cameron Congreve performed on loan at Dundee from Swansea City?
“To be fair, I work on it quite often, just finding the far corner, and it's about time I popped one in there because I'd like to think it was one of my biggest strengths. I just try to do what I practise every day, more or less.
"I've probably been a bit inconsistent with my finishing this year. But I'm working on it all the time and trying to find better places to pick up the ball. Just get closer to goal and do what I know I can do best. I did actually set a goal target for the season but I'll keep that to myself! Can I still reach it? Maybe, I'm staying positive.
"But I'm just focused on game-by-game, trying to affect things and help the team as much as possible. If I hit my personal targets as well, then brilliant. My girlfriend was at the Hibs game, but all the family are coming up in two weeks for the derby. It's my mum's 50th so it would be nice if I could score in the derby as well."