DEREK Gaston reckons Morton showed their best trait on Saturday afternoon — their belief that they could storm back from 2-0 down at half-time to defeat Dunfermline at Cappielow.

The Ton stopper also believes his side were unfortunate to go in at the break two goals down and he compared the first half against the Pars to the first 45 minutes against Inverness Caledonian Thistle earlier this season.

The Greenock men fell flat in the first half against Caley last month and went in a goal down at the break before coming out all guns blazing in the second half to grab a deserved point against John Robertson’s men.

And Gaston insists Saturday’s first half performance wasn’t as bad as they had shown up against Thistle earlier this season — yet they still somehow found themselves two down at the break rather than just one.

He told the Tele: “I don’t think there’s many times when a team goes two goals behind and still somehow manages to come back and win the game. It’s uncommon.

“It’s a good trait to have to be able to turn games around and to be able to not give up and scrape wins when they don’t seem likely. 

“The manager didn’t come in at half-time ranting and raving or shouting. 

“He spoke to us and told us what we had to do better, saying that there was no point in feeling sorry for ourselves that we were 2-0 down.

“The next goal was all important, if Dunfermline scored it was all over, but fortunately we got the goal early in the second half and that gave us the lift we needed to go on and make a game of it. 

“I think even when it was 2-1, a lot of people in the stadium believed that we’d get something from the game.

“The mood wasn’t great in the first half even though I don’t think we were totally outplayed. But the difference in the second half was great which was similar to Inverness a few weeks ago. We were poor in the first half that day and I actually think we played worse in that first half that day. 

“But we were only 1-0 down at half-time that day.

“So Saturday wasn’t as bad as that. But we need to learn to start games better if we’re to continue winning matches.”
Gaston got his hand to Dunfermline’s spot-kick that made it 2-0 to the visitors and he remains disappointed that he was unable to keep it out of the back of the net.

"But he’s thankful that Kallum Higginbotham’s penalty was nothing more than an irrelevance at the final whistle.

He said: “I thought it was a penalty, I don’t have many complaints. 

“But it’s always a disappointment when you go the right way in goal and it still goes in. 

“It was a well-hit penalty but when you get a hand on the ball and can’t keep it out, it’s disappointing.

“Thankfully it’s a bit irrelevant now because we came back and won the game but it’s disappointing to lose any goal that you come so close to saving.”