Livingston's Scottish Cup win must be the start of a run, says goal hero

Livingston hero Dan MacKay headed his side into the Scottish Cup fifth round, and said they must build on that win when Dundee visit this weekend.

The 2-1 Scottish Cup fourth round win over Championship side Raith Rovers ends a horror winless run of 13 games, and it was quite a performance from the Hibs loanee.

MacKay, 22, climbed off the bench to replace injured Cristian Montano in the first half and set up Jamie Brandon for his first Livi goal to level Jack Hamilton’s early opener in 33 minutes.

As the game was heading for extra-time, MacKay popped up to head in Stephen Kelly’s pinpoint cross and sent the Lions through.

Former Inverness star MacKay says that has to be the start of a positive run for Livingston.

He said: “It’s a huge sense of relief. I think October was the last time we won a game, but it has been coming in fits and spells in the team.

“Even though I was out injured for a wee while, I could still see there were times when we were unlucky in games, maybe just not taking our chances.

“But that was a good chance to get momentum going towards the league.

“The Scottish Cup can be a good distraction and a bit of a momentum gainer, so hopefully we can take this into the next few games, really kick on as a group and a club.

“Every game is huge for us. We’ve had a really disappointing first half of the season, there’s no question about that, but we need to react.

“We’ve had time to reflect as a group, put right on the training park the things that we’ve been doing wrong, and that’s what we’re hoping to do.

“This is just the start of hopefully a good run for us.”

MacKay says he saw the opportunity to score, with Stephen Kelly playing a big part.

He said: “Stephen had a chance two seconds before it, luckily we