David Gray blasts 'frustrating' Hibs red card after new star's nightmare 14 minute debut

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Hibs overcame Alasana Manneh’s debut red card to emerge from a bruising battle against St Mirren with their unbeaten run and fifth-place perch intact.A scrappy, attritional contest was unremarkable other than for the visiting side’s new Gambian signing lasting just 14 second-half minutes.

Manneh misjudged attempts to live up to his ball-winning midfielder billing by going through Killian Phillips first – twice – to pick up two yellow cards.David Gray’s men had found it hard going for the previous 84 minutes as St Mirren bossed the ball and created the best of the few chances on show.

But Hibs have developed a new-found reputation for digging in to get results and survived the remainder with 10 men to stretch their streak to a dozen without defeat.Rocky Bushiri was a tower of strength at the back as his team avoided a third league loss this term to the Buddies.

For boss Gray, the big negative was Manneh’s miserable introduction to Scottish football after signing from Odense.The Hibs boss believed referee Ross Hardie called it wrong with his second caution.