The Thistle Archive

Media report

15-Apr-2023, bbc.com

Partick Thistle's hopes of automatic promotion faded as they were held to a draw with Ayr United in the Scottish Championship. Scott Tiffoney had Kris Doolan's hosts in front before Dipo Akinyemi levelled midway through the second half. It means the Glasgow side stay third, but are now six behind leaders Dundee with three games to play. Ayr sit a point behind in fourth spot, level on points with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

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Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to Jagzone):

I'm disappointed that we didn't take all 3 points, especially after being in the lead. We've been built on our defensive strength and across those 10 games I've been here we've given away hardly anything. It was just that slack bit of play, that mistake, that gets capitalized on. Other players have made mistakes and not been punished, but unfortunately they managed to punish that one. I thought across the piece we made too mant mistakes, too many slack passes, and didn't take care of the ball, and that's not like us. Although it feels like a defeat, it's not a defeat, and I've said that to the players. We've got to make sure it doesn't affect the mentality and there's three massive games coming up; we know we can play better that and we will play better than that.

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