Late defeat by Hoops was as Brad as I’ve felt
BRAD LYONS reckons the last-gasp Celtic defeat was the most painful result of his Kilmarnock career.
And the Rugby Park skipper is adamant it was themselves and not officials to blame for the loss.
Lyons and his team were devastated after a stoppagetime winner from Hoops full-back Julian Araujo.
Celtic also scored an injury-time winner in Ayrshire from the penalty spot earlier in the season.
Lyons admitted: “This one was probably the sorest defeat I can remember but it makes it even more sore when we concede from two long throw-ins.
“I think that’s three long throw-ins in two games we’ve conceded from and then we’ve lost the game.
“The way we implemented our game plan was absolutely brilliant but we shot ourselves in our own foot, so it’s devastating.
“We have chances to maybe put the game to bed because obviously 3-0 is more comfortable than 2-0. It’s always that dodgy scoreline but if you give us a 2-0 lead at half-time, we would snap your arm off against anyone, even though Celtic has their qualities.
“But against anyone at half-time 2-0 up, you should be winning the game.”
Killie boss Neil McCann was fuming at the seven minutes of injury time.
Lyons said: “I went down with a head injury, Dom (Thompson) went down with a head injury, there’s a few subs and stuff.
“So, no, we’re not blaming anyone, we’re blaming ourselves for conceding those two late goals.”
Killie face Dundee United on Saturday and Lyons added: “We’ll work on our negatives and we will go again.
“I’m proud of every one of them boys. You see the passion, you see how much it hurts us and you see how well we did play.
“It gives us confidence but right now it’s hard to look by our mistakes.”