Livingston must show character to bounce back from Ayr defeat, says star

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Ryan McGowan reckons Livingston have to show a bit of character to bounce back from a 1-0 defeat at home to Ayr, but says that won’t be easy against Raith Rovers.The Australian defender reckons Rovers are in a false position, sitting sixth in the Championship, four points behind a Queen’s Park side they beat 2-1 on Friday night.Livingston went down to a George Oakley strike the following day, and McGowan says how they respond to that set-back is important, as they head for Kirkcaldy.He said: “You want to win your home games, but it was always going to be a tough game – Ayr are a good team, with a good manager.“I felt like there wasn’t too much in the game.“We conceded a sloppy goal from our point of view.

In the second half we were a little bit better, their keeper made some good saves, but overall we need to perform a little bit better, and move on to next week.“I don’t know if we did enough to win the game, but I don’t know if we didn’t do enough to at least get a draw out of it.“But then Raith could probably say the same of the reverse fixture down there that we won 2-1.“We wanted to win, but it’s a difficult league, and a long season, so we just need to dust ourselves down and move on to Raith.“As a professional footballer there’s part of you that will always analyse it, want to do better, and see where you could have prevented something or did a little bit more.“But we’ve got a good squad in there that has done well this season – I think that’s only our second defeat in 18 games, so as much as we’re hurting and it’s not what we wanted, we need to show a bit of character and bounce back.”McGowan believes Rovers have played well in 1-0 and 2-1 wins for the Lions this season, and will present a tough test.He said: “I