Mark O'Hara relives key moment as St Mirren earn 'big point' in Premiership push

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Mark O’Hara admitted it was a case of what might have been as St Mirren’s season in a “crazy” league took another twist.The Buddies skipper was presented with a great chance to give his side the lead early in the second half against Hibernian on Sunday.But the 29-year-old was brilliantly denied by Leith keeper Jordan Smith who had saved from Toyosi Olusanya moments earlier at the SMiSA Stadium.A 0-0 draw was the best both teams could do with the visitors reduced to 10 men when Alasana Manneh was red-carded.The clean sheet and point lifted the Paisley outfit back into the Premiership’s top six ahead of this Saturday’s trip to Ibrox to face under-pressure Rangers.And while O’Hara was satisfied to take something from an attritional battle, the midfielder knows Saints could have notched up a third success over the Hibees this term.“I was just trying to make good contact with it,” he said. “You don’t know if it’s going to bobble up.

I couldn’t have hit it any better so it’s an unbelievable save.“My eyes lit up and I thought I was going to hit the back of the net.

I’m told I couldn’t have done much more so fair play to the goalkeeper.“I feels like a big point as it has put us back into the top six.

That’s where we want to be. We’ve not done enough of that this season – getting draws. We need to make sure we do more of that.“It’s a psychological boost to get into the top half.