Livingston hand Hibs perfect Christmas present with Easter Road calamity

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It was a nightmare before Christmas for Livingston as they were swept aside at Easter Road by ruthless Hibs.An early red card, four goals conceded and two penalties missed made for unpleasant viewing on Christmas Eve for the Livi faithful as they fell to a heavy defeat.The visitors had already shown signs of an off-day before the game's turning point on 15 minutes as Jason Holt was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Kevin Nesbit.David Martindale's side never got to grips with the game from that point with a clinical home display ensuring the points were in the bag as they raced to a three goal half-time lead.Nisbet got the ball rolling on 33 minutes as he reacted the quickest to a rebound to fire home off the woodwork before Chris Cadden doubled the lead within a minute as he had acres of space on the right to charge at goal and coolly drive into the bottom corner.A Kyle Magennis headed double five minutes before and after the break only worsened Livi's afternoon with the visitors also somehow managing to miss two late penalties.The away side got off to a slow start with the ball being flashed across the face of goal just seconds in with nobody in a green and white jersey on hand to tap home.Ivan Konovalov, deputising for the injured Shamal George, then pulled off a terrific save to deny Kevin Nisbet after the striker had been sent clear on goal in the third minute.Having settled into the contest, Livi went close to taking a 13th minute lead as Dylan Bahamboula showed some nifty footwork to create space but saw his fizzing angled drive.The game turned, though, two minutes later as Holt was shown a straight red for a challenge on Nisbet.