Pat Fenlon says Hibernian ‘got what they deserved’ against Dundee United

Hibernian manager Pat Fenlon, serving a ban from the touchline, is forced to watch the action from the stand.SNS Group

Pat Fenlon admitted his side deserved to lose their opening SPL match of the season against Dundee United at Tannadice.

It only took three minutes for United to take the lead through Johnny Russell before second-half goals from Jon Daly and Michael Gardyne sealed the win.

The capital club were second best for the majority of the contest and Fenlon says they must improve ahead of next week’s Edinburgh derby.

"We got what we deserved to be honest," he said.

"We didn't get anything out of the game and that is what we got, it was a poor performance."

While praising United for their approach, Fenlon acknowledged his team made it too easy for the hosts to win the match.

He added: "Dundee United played well today and I don't want to take too much away from them. They were excellent and we were poor.

"It is always worrying when you lose matches whether it is at the start, the middle of the end (of the season), we didn't perform and gave away a shocking goal to start with and it is all uphill from there."

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