Mellon praises Shankland’s performance against St. Johnstone

manager, Mickey Mellon, hailed the performance of

against

after he was able to earn his side a point with a 50 yards out goal. The game eventually ended with two goals for each side.

“It was a special goal. Lawrence doesn’t look up. He just knows where the goal is. He struck it so cleanly. It’s like a golfer striking a drive. It was that kind of noise,”

said

Mellon

.

“It was so straight and so true that you think to yourself that’s got a chance of going in.”

“It was a ridiculous moment to see it hit the back of the net.”

“I’m pleased I’ve seen it. I don’t know how you measure great goals but this one was certainly fantastic. Everyone should be celebrating what was a fantastic moment.”

“But we’re disappointed when you think that you need to score three goals to win a game. We’re disappointed with the defending for both St Johnstone goals.”

The first goal of the game started with Dundee’s

to be followed by a goal from Saints striker,

.

later scored the second goal for Saints before Shankland equalized the result with his goal.

Saints boss,

Callum Davidson

, who believes they could have won the game, talked about their draw and Melamed saying:

“This has been the story of our season but I would be more worried if we were not creating the chances.”

“It was great for Guy to get on the scoresheet as he has waited a long time. It has taken him a while to get up to speed with the Scottish game without any reserve football.”

“For me this was a reward for how hard he has worked over the past two or three weeks. He is a clever player who wants to succeed so hopefully he can push on from this.”

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