Jenkins said the late goal against Aberdeen made the win sweeter

St Mirren assistant manager Iain Jenkins was pleased with his side's late 2-1 win against Aberdeeen.

"I thought in the first half we played exceptionally well," said Jenkins.

"We didn't keep a lot of the ball when we were in possession, but we knew in the second half they would come out and play high balls.

"I thought we defended quite well at times, and nicking it at the end makes it more worthwhile for the boys and it was a great win at the end of the day."

Jure Travner's injury-time goal secured victory for St Mirren, although the the Buddies had taken the lead in the 28th minute through Marc McAusland and held onto their advantage until after the break.

Nicking it at the end makes it more worthwhile for the boys and it was a great win at the end of the day St Mirren assistant manager Iain Jenkins

Aberdeen equalised through Rory McArdle with almost half an hour remaining of an entertaining clash, until Travner fired home deep into injury-time to give Danny Lennon's side full points.

"I watched Aberdeen recently and that's what they did - play high balls - and they put us under pressure," said Jenkins. "They came out and tried to get some sort of result for themselves."

Jenkins insisted St Mirren were not downbeat at recent results which have kept them rooted to the bottom of the Scottish Premier League table, and insists the team is pushing in the same direction to build some momentum.

"One thing we don't lack is spirit," insisted Jenkins.

"We have good team spirit, and it's hurting everyone to get the monkey off our backs. We did that today, and we'll stick together win, lose or draw.

"Hopefully, we can start climbing the table now.

"It doesn't give you the divine right to go on and win game after game, but it pushes us on our way to give ourselves a chance.

"It makes it more of a bigger win to see Hamilton win away from home.

"We're keeping ourselves in the pack and giving ourselves a chance to stay in that bottom six."

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