Airdrie boss hails character and 'moment of magic' that sparked comeback at Accies
dailyrecord.co.ukAirdrie boss Rhys McCabe admits a 'moment of magic' from substitute Aaron Reid was the spark his side needed to grab a dramatic draw at Hamilton Accies and end their losing streak.The Diamonds were staring at a fourth straight defeat in all competitions with Accies 2-0 up and cruising thanks to Oli Shaw's second half double.But McCabe threw on substitute Reid in the 80th minute and the striker delivered within seconds, getting on the end of Dylan MacDonald's cross to net a stunning header from 14 yards with his first touch, before Murray Aiken's strike seven minutes later earned the Diamonds an unlikely draw.McCabe said: "It is a wee bit of magic that has picked the spirits up.
It is a hell of a header from Aaron Reid. You could see everyone around him when that happened that they got a sense of 'we can get back into this'."Before the goal, you were wondering who was going to take the onus and responsibility to go and make an impact, and take the game to them."It was a great ball in from Dylan MacDonald and we get the goal back.
It was a great response from the boys, coming away from home off the back of a couple of negative results."I think a draw is the minimum we deserve in terms of the performance levels but I stress that if you are gifting teams goals an advantage like we did today - easily avoidable goals from our point of view and our mistakes - we need to be better."But the character and endeavour to fight to the end, and look like the team in the ascendancy, is pleasing."Ten minutes to go, away from home, you are 2-0 down, and we've got a point, so we have to be pleased from that side of it as well."The character of fellow scorer Aiken, in particular, delighted McCabe, with the Hibs loanee atoning for giving the
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