MORTON stopper Derek Gaston admits Tuesday night’s defeat to Livingston in the Irn-Bru Cup was a shocker after Saturday’s feel-good win over St Mirren.

Ton were outplayed all over the park midweek by David Hopkin’s men — a stark contrast from the Greenock outfit’s dominant display against the Buddies from the weekend.

Gaston recognises the two games, although just three days apart, were completely different from each other in terms of his side’s form.

He told the Tele: “The performance was more disappointing than the result against Livi. 

“You can play well and still lose a match, sometimes it’s one of those days where the ball doesn’t hit the net for you.

“But Tuesday night was just an overall bad performance, we didn’t do ourselves justice. After Saturday’s performance it was the total opposite. 

“We were totally flat and didn’t deserve anything.”

Gaston was the only player to receive pass-marks from boss Jim Duffy at full-time after making some crucial saves and having no chance at either goal.

The first goal in particular would have frustrated the keeper. 

Defender Thomas O’Ware tried to head the ball back to him but didn’t put enough power on it to see it reach safety.

O’Ware hasn’t played much of late after an ankle injury and youngster Jack Iredale was making just his second appearance at the back since joining earlier this summer. 

But Gaston absolved O’Ware for his error and highlighted the entire team as the cause for the defeat rather than just his defenders.

He said: “The first goal was from a ball over the top that has bounced up. 

“Tam has tried to header it back but the striker has leaned into him and he’s not been able to get enough power on it to header it back to me. 

“It’s then dropped nicely for their striker to finish it.

“I can’t even say it was just defensively poor. The whole team didn’t play well, defensively or attacking. 

“As a whole we didn’t do things as well as we should and it was an off-day. I don’t think the fact that Tam and Jack Iredale haven’t played together before made much of a difference.”