Hamilton Accies boss rues more points dropped late on as survival now out of their hands

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Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin was left lamenting his side's failure to see out another result as they fell deeper into relegation trouble after a dramatic draw with Partick Thistle.The New Douglas Park gaffer watched his side lose a 1-0 lead to Inverness late on in midweek as they ended up losing 2-1 and Accies were undone at the death once again as Thistle stung them with a stoppage time equaliser just two minutes after it looked like they'd won the game.A Dan O'Reilly double after Brian Graham had given Partick a 28th minute lead looked to have sealed a vital victory in their survival bid, but Steven Lawless struck to snatch a point for the promotion hopefuls.It now means Accies are joint-bottom of the Championship with Cove Rangers, having played a game more, and their destiny is out of their own hands as things stand ahead of their final day showdown at eighth-place Arbroath on May 5.Accies will now hope Cove lose their game in hand when they play Dundee on Friday night to ensure the status quo going into the last fixture.And after seeing his side slip deeper into danger, Rankin sighed: "On Tuesday night we had our opportunity and never took it as well so now we are relying on other teams, which isn't great."We need to hope Dundee can do us a favour and take it into the last day, going to Arbroath knowing what we need to do."We just had to see it over the line today and we couldn't do it."It's a sore one.

I thought Partick were the better team to begin with. They caused us problems but then we score the goal and the players look like they've got a wee bit more energy and enthusiasm."It released the shackles and I thought the second half performance summed up the fighting spirit the players have among themselves."Y