Gray accepts responsibility for derby defeat

Hibernian head coach David Gray accepts responsibility for Thursday night's derby defeat to rivals Hearts but is confident his side can still have a strong season. Gray has come under pressure from fans after Thursday night's 3-1 defeat to their rivals, a defeat that comes a week after their late capitulation at home to Gent in their Conference League qualifier. To make matters worse for Gray, it's the first time since 2012 that Hibs have lost three consecutive derby games. "During this period now, you need to own it," Gray said. "You need to take it to the chin and I certainly need to own it, it's my responsibility when you lose any game." Hibs have lost two and won two of their Premiership games so far this season as they prepare for Sunday's trip to St Johnstone. One of those victories did come against Rangers at Ibrox but Gray still feels his side should have picked up more than the six points they've amassed so far. "If you look back at every game we've lost this season, we certainly could have won every one of them if we'd taken our chances again," Gray added. "Even looking at the Hearts game in isolation, very fine margins again. So as poor as I thought we were first half, some of that was down to Hearts settling better but we were still in it. "We scored the next one and I thought we dominated the game from that point. I do think there was very little in it. We created enough chances. We've already shown that domestically we're capable of big performances."