David Gray says Hibernian are conceding goals at bad moments

David Gray lamented Hibernian’s growing vulnerability in the minutes before half-time after they let a two-goal lead slip in a 2-2 draw away to newly-promoted Falkirk.

Hibs looked to be coasting towards victory after a Martin Boyle penalty on the half hour was followed by a 42nd minute strike from Jamie McGrath.

But the Edinburgh side’s concerning trend of conceding immediately before the break continued when Ross MacIver pulled one back in first-half stoppage time. It was the seventh goal Gray’s side have shipped between the 42nd minute and the interval over their last 10 games.

Falkirk went on to seize the upper hand after the break and Liam Henderson headed them level in the 64th minute.

The Hibees, who were leapfrogged into third place in the William Hill Premiership by Dundee United, have now won only four of their 13 matches in all competitions this season and have drawn each of their last four in the league.

Asked what is going wrong for his side, who were booed off by their supporters at full-time, manager Gray said: “We’re creating enough chances, we’re not being clinical enough to finish games off.

“And then the obvious one that I can’t shy away from is the timing of the goals we’re losing before half-time.

“Once we’d settled down, I thought we were very good and created lots of chances, found ourselves 2-0 up, and should have been three or four at that point with the big chances we had.

“But at 2-0 you’re always suspect to the next goal being a very important one, and just before half-time, again we lose a goal by not stopping the cross, and then not defending the box well enough.

“Then it felt like the momentum had shifted, we lost a really poor goal, and then with the noise in the stadium and the feeling, if anyone was going to go and win it was probably Falkirk.

“That’s a real disappointment for me because it almost became, we take a point from an opportunity where we should have had three points in my opinion.”