East Kilbride v Falkirk: Kilby must reach new heights to stun Bairns in Scottish Cup, says Mick Kennedy

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Mick Kennedy admits his East Kilbride side will have to hit a higher level than they did in the cup shock against Ayr United if they are to add Falkirk to their list of scalps this season.Kilby welcome the Championship leaders to K-Park on Monday night for a Scottish Cup third round tie, hoping to stun John McGlynn’s high-flyers in a game that will be shown live on BBC Scotland.Gaffer Kennedy has already seen his players send tier two side Airdrieonians and Ayr out of the SPFL Trust Trophy on their way to the semi-finals in that competition.But he knows if they are to make it a hat-trick of shocks against Championship opposition, the Lowland League champions will need to surpass the heights they hit in an impressive 3-2 win over Scott Brown’s Honest Men on November 12.Kennedy said: “The wins over Ayr and Airdrie should give the boys belief and confidence because we played well and dominated large parts of the game, it wasn’t like we sat in and we were fortunate.“But my opinion is we will need to be better than we were against Ayr.“I know people thought we played fantastically well in that game, but I still think there is room for improvement because we will need to get to a better level than we did in that game to beat Falkirk.“But that is the challenge for myself and the staff to get the players there and get them motivated to be in the right headspace.“We are in a good place and there can be no excuses.“The pressure is definitely on Falkirk but they have started the season well and there is a lot of confidence and belief about them.“You can see that when you watch them play, they play with real freedom, everyone is expressing themselves out on the pitch so it will be a big challenge for us.“But these are the games you