Conrad Logan enjoys 'fairytale' debut for Hibernian in Scottish Cup
Saturday 16 April 2016 22:36, UK
Hibernian goalkeeper Conrad Logan described his debut against Dundee United in the Scottish Cup semi-finals as a fairytale on Saturday.
Logan, who was playing in his first game since arriving from Leicester City in March, saved two spot kicks as Hibs ran out 4-2 winners on penalties after the match at Hampden Park finished goalless.
The 29-year-old Irish keeper also made a number of key saves during the match to deny United striker Billy McKay.
And Logan, who had not played a competitive fixture since December 2014, says he was pleased with his first performance for Hibs.
"I was calm throughout the game. There were no nerves really," he said.
"When you are sitting in the house for so long watching football matches, you want to be part of it. It was my time to go back out and I just enjoyed every minute.
"As a goalkeeper you are there to make saves. If they get through and you get a chance to pull a few off, just come out and be brave and hopefully the ball hits you, and I got lucky.
"When you make saves, especially in a cup game, you hope the lads can sneak a winner. But the longer it went on, maybe it was written for it to go to penalties.
"I was confident in my ability to save at least one penalty, and to save the first two was obviously a big help.
"I have done well through my career penalty-wise. Before the injury I saved three in three games when I was at Rochdale on loan.
"You can go a long time without saving one but I've had a decent enough record and I was quite confident and excited and looking forward to the penalty shoot-out to pit my wits against the lads.
"It's like a fairytale and I'm just delighted it went so well.
"I'm very emotional because it's been so long since I played and to come back and be given the opportunity in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup, I feel proud for my family and everyone who has stuck by me. I'm grateful to the manager for bringing me up here."
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