CALLUM DAVIDSON felt justice was served as St Johnstone snatched a point at the death against Rangers last night.
Saints equalised against the champions via a late Liam Craig penalty after Scott Wright had given the visitors the lead.
The Perth side created several chances throughout the 90 minutes before their equaliser and Davidson believed a point was the least his team deserved.
He said: “I’m delighted, we started the game unbelievably well and caught Rangers cold a little bit. The only disappointing thing was we didn’t score a goal or two.
“Some of the chances were very good. Once we lost the goal we didn’t give up, we kept going and got our rewards in the end.
“It’s not often you play against Rangers and have more shots on target than they do, so that shows how well we played. We deserved at least a point and I’m really proud of the players.
“It’s a big point for us trying to close the gap on Livingston. We have a big game on Sunday now in the cup then we’ll get focused on the league again.”
Saints felt aggrieved early in the second half when they were turned down a penalty after referee Euan Anderson had originally pointed to the spot.
The whistler consulted with his near side official and eventually deemed that he had given the wrong decision.
On the incident, Davidson explained: “I thought they gave the penalty for the pull on Shaun Rooney but they said they actually gave it for a handball.
“It came off Scott Wright’s foot and then goes up to hit his hand - which isn’t a penalty. They have ultimately come to the right decision in the end, but I thought it was a penalty on Shaun in the first place.
“These things happen in games, the ref took his time to make the decision because it’s crucial. It would have been a good time to score."
Davidson also revealed that striker Guy Melamed was forced off in the first half through a visual migraine.
He added: “Guy was struggling with double vision because of a migraine. He’s fine and he’ll be okay for the weekend, it was just vision problems.
“And as someone who suffers them from myself - I can feel his pain. Chris Kane came on and the two strikers worked so hard on our shape, so it was a really good team effort.”
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