Livingston defender bemoans lack of luck as top six bid takes a hit

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A frustrated Jack Fitzwater says it feels like everything is going against the Lions in their bid for the top six.But the centre-back, who returned from suspension in their 3-0 away loss to St Mirren at the weekend, admitted their slow start meant they got what they deserved in Paisley.Livi got off to the worst possible start when they conceded a penalty in the opening few seconds for a handball on Luiyi de Lucas.

Mark O’Hara converted the spot-kick and did so again just before the break following another handball - this time from Jason Holt.Tony Watt calmly slotted home a second in between after a mistake from de Lucas to send David Martindale’s men into seventh place with just three games remaining before the split.While the 25-year-old said both penalty calls were correct, he was bemused by decisions that went against them - insisting Andrew Shinnie’s effort in first-half injury-time should have counted while the Lions were perplexed that Stephen Kelly wasn’t awarded a penalty after seemingly being tripped inside the box midway through the second-half.Fitzwater said: “At the moment it seems like nothing is going for us.

Everything that went to VAR went against us. You’re thinking how’s your luck? But we can’t blame that. We made such a poor start.“After that, it’s about trying to stay in the game but, when the second goal goes in, it’s so sloppy.

Then the third one again is another handball.“We had one where Shinnie had a shot off the bar that we thought went in but the ref said they didn’t have the angle to check VAR then the follow-up we thought could have been a penalty.”He added: “We actually had chances and when you come to a place like St Mirren you have to take them.“The goals are poor but they’ve not really