Livingston boss David Martindale hailed his facet's efficiency of their 4-0 win over Dundee as one of the best of the season - and stated the Lions are able to 'battle and scrap' to say a prime six berth.
A fast-fire begin at Dens Park noticed the Lions go three targets up inside 21 minutes as dismal Dees defending allowed Alan Forrest to waltz by three defenders earlier than seeing his effort parried into the trail of Bruce Anderson to fireplace residence the opener on six minutes.
Twice extra the guests would get in behind the hosts with ease as Joel Nouble's twinkle toes noticed him get to the goal-line earlier than reducing again for Scott Pittman on 18 minutes with Nicky Devlin teeing up Anderson for his second three minutes later.
Jack Fitzwater accomplished the rout halfway by the second half as he was inexplicably left in acres of area contained in the field from a corner-kick to casually cross the ball into the online.
A delighted Martindale stated: "We’ve come away with a clear sheet and 4 targets, so that you’ve in all probability received to say that was our greatest efficiency of the season.
“I’m nonetheless beating myself up in regards to the factors we’ve dropped in earlier video games. We may very well be sitting in fourth place fairly comfortably.
“It’s a large credit score to the gamers and training employees on the membership."
The victory noticed the Lions bounce into the highest six, however a draw for Motherwell at Ibrox on Sunday sees them drop again right down to seventh - though they sit a solitary level behind fourth-placed Hibs who grabbed a 0-0 draw in opposition to Celtic yesterday.
Martindale added: "Now our goal and our problem is to remain within the prime six.
“I stated to them that after we get into the highest six, let’s see if anybody else can get us out of the highest six – as a result of we’ll battle and we’ll scrap and we’ll do all the things that we will to remain there.
“Now we’ll prepare for Dundee United on Wednesday evening after which Celtic on Sunday.”
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