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Tommy Wright happy as St Johnstone win at Tannadice

St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright
Image: St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright pleased with his players after 2-0 win at Tannadice

Tommy Wright was full of praise for his St Johnstone players following their 2-0 Scottish Premiership victory over Dundee United at Tannadice on Saturday.

Michael O'Halloran's first-half double sealed the three points and Wright could not hide his delight: "We dominated large parts of the game and I thought we deserved to win.

“We probably could have scored more goals as we were the team creating the clear-cut opportunities.

"We're delighted with the overall team performance and the three points because the teams around us probably thought this was a place where we would drop points.

"We always feel we've got an opportunity to get points against Dundee United. We needed this win here. It's a difficult place to come to.

"We brought Frazer (Wright) back as we always feel he does well against Nadir Ciftci. It was maybe just as well because a lot of their play today was quite direct with lots of long throw-ins into the box but we dealt well with that."

As for goal-hero O'Halloran, Wright added: "I expect these good things from Michael. He can go where he wants. His attitude and application is superb."

And Dundee United manager Jackie McNamara felt his side were always up against it after falling behind in the 10th minute.

He said: "I think the first goal is always crucial against them. It gives them something to hang onto.

"There was no fluency. It was stop-start with free-kick after free-kick. As we've seen before, they are always a difficult team to play against when they get the first goal.

"Rado Cierzniak has been troubled a little bit of late with a thigh injury. He's played through it and has taken a bit of criticism.

"So I thought we'd take him out the firing line today and in hindsight it's probably a good thing.

"We just have to look forward to Tuesday's game with Inverness."

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