Collins delight at display
19 Jan 2007 - 10:34:31
Hibernian boss John Collins hailed the performance of Abdessalam Benjelloun after the Moroccan came off the bench to score twice in Thursday's 4-1 Scottish Cup third round victory over Aberdeen.
Steven Fletcher cancelled out a Barry Nicholson opener at Easter Road, before Michael Stewart fired Hibs ahead with a superb strike on the stroke of half-time.
Benjelloun replaced Dean Shiels at half-time and put the game out of the Dons' reach with a quick-fire double, to the delight of Collins.
"At 1-0 down we could have got anxious and they could have frustrated us, but I felt we showed great determination, togetherness, great spirit and the second goal obviously came at a great time," he said.
"He (Benjelloun) did ever so well and had two wonderful strikes - they were great for the neutral as they were wonderful goals.
"I'm very pleased and both the half-time substitutes were superb out there.
"In the second half we were terrific. We could have scored more and they could have scored a couple as well so, from the neutral point of view, I'm sure it was a great game to watch."