Source: Team_Talk
McInnes laments penalty award
St Johnstone manager Derek McInnes held referee Mike Tumilty responsible for his team's 2-0 home loss to Hearts in the SPL on Saturday. The visitors broke the deadlock at McDiarmid Park with a disputed penalty when Jamie Adams was adjudged to have handled a David Templeton free-kick inside the area.Kevin Kyle made no mistake from the spot but the home team were angered at the award with no obvious intent from Adams.McInnes said: "We have not beaten ourselves today and we have not been beaten by anything Hearts have done, but by a referee's decision."It was a key decision and it has cost us today because it was the wrong decision and we are frustrated by that."It's a mistake by the referee. Jamie Adams is at the end of the defensive wall and there's nothing he can do about it. His hands were by his side."Hearts manager Jim Jefferies felt his team deserved the victory despite the controversy over the opening goal added to in injury time by Ryan Stevenson.After winning last weekend's Edinburgh derby and surprising Celtic in midweek, Jefferies was worried this more low-key affair could break that momentum.He said: "I said to the players before the game that this was a day we had to get our heads right."The last two games were played in big atmospheres and that was missing today, but the players showed a fantastic spirit."I do feel sorry for St Johnstone because we got a break with the penalty, but I still felt we had more of the chances in the game and worked their goalkeeper harder."Hearts were the more enterprising side early on and Stephen Elliott should have done better with an angled drive blazed over the crossbar with an unmarked Kyle wanting a pass in the middle.St Johnstone were presented with a real chance in the 28th minute when Michael Duberry's ball was only half-cleared by Ruben Palazuelos with his goalkeeper Marian Kello drawn out of position behind him, but Liam Craig volleyed wide of the empty net.Hearts almost doubled their lead four minutes after Kyle's disputed penalty when Rudi Skacel set up Elliott for a fierce strike which was pushed wide by Saints goalkeeper Peter Enckelman and Kyle headed another late chance wide before Stevenson sealed it.