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Hibs boss Montgomery curses officials again as Hearts-bound Dhanda piles on agony with goal which ‘shouldn’t have stood’
One of the Easter Road players had to be restrained from confronting the official at the end
FUMING NICK MONTGOMERY claimed Yan Dhanda’s last gasp leveller should NOT have been allowed.
Ref David Munro wrongly awarded a throw in to Ross County EIGHT minutes into injury time in Dingwall.
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And from that Hearts-bound Dhanda rescued a point for the Staggies with a back post finish.
Skipper Joe Newell had to be restrained from confronting fourth official Peter Stuart after the game.
And Monty said: “We’ve just lost two points. Two points we shouldn’t have lost.
“Seven minutes goes up on the board and, again, I’m not sure how there are seven minutes of injury time.
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“There were no serious injuries, a couple of substitutions, so I think everyone was a little bit shocked at that.
“But the seven minutes came and went. After the seven minutes had gone, we were still playing.
“And a Ross County player heads the ball out for our throw-in. I think everybody can see that.
“There’s a linesman there, the referee, I can see it from the dugout, and I think Don Cowie could see it from the dugout. The fans can see it.
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“Their defender starts heading backwards to defend the throw-in.
“And somehow they end up taking the throw-in ten yards further down the field, throw it in the pitch, cross the pitch and we concede the goal in seven minutes 50-something.
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“So there are a lot of things that are hard to take tonight.
“But we have to be accountable for not defending that moment, even if it was brought back because it was wrong. It wasn’t and we didn’t, so we dropped two points.
“It’s really frustrating again. But we have to be responsible for not stopping the cross and not defending in the box, although we shouldn’t have had to because it was our throw-in.
“I had a conversation with the referee, and he said he thought it came off a Hibs player. Which it didn’t.
"That’s how it happened, unfortunately. Really disappointing.”
County had gone ahead late in the first half through Josh Sims after a mistake by David Marshall.
But Hibs stormed back after the break with goals from Myziane Maolida and Adam Le Fondre.
That looked good enough to keep Montgomery’s men in the top six.
Instead it was County who moved a point closer to Aberdeen to the delight of boss Don Cowie.
He said: "I enjoyed it because at that time in the game I knew there wasn't very long to go.
"I thought we'd run out of time but that never-say-die attitude was massive.
"It could prove a very important point.
"We showed it against Livingston when we scored in stoppage time to win it.
"We have a really strong squad. It's about making the right decisions.
"It was great for Yan to come off the bench and make an impact with the equaliser.
"Every point is important. We would have liked to have got three.
"It's important to get as many as we can and get to the split and keep fighting.
"It's about having the belief to do the hard yards.
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"Hearts will be a difficult game but we're three games undefeated at home. We have to be positive and look forward to it."
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