Hibs must 'react in positive way' after Dons defeat

BBC News

27-04-2025

Hibernian defender Warren O'Hora says it is "about how we react" after their 17-game unbeaten Premiership run came to an end at Pittodrie.The 1-0 loss against Aberdeen was their first league defeat since the start of December and the result moves the Dons level on points with Hibs, who remain third on goal difference."It is a hard one to take, we knew the stakes going into the game, no doubt about it we are still in a good position but we haven't felt like this in a long time so it is tough," O'Hora told BBC Scotland."We were the first to say it in the dressing room, it is about how we react for next week. We need to react in a positive way, come Monday we will assess what happened and we will go through the positives and negatives and move on."If you look at the start of the season we were in a very bad place, but we go on this amazing run with the same group of players and it is the same staff, so it is definitely in us to have this character and this desire not to lose games."Of course today hurts, look it has to happen in football sometimes but we will never accept losing, as professionals we hate it."After all the praise and plaudits that have been coming Hibs' way over the past few months, O'Hora was asked if what happened at Pittodrie serves as a reminder that there is still plenty of work to do between now and the end of the season."We were humble, we weren't getting ahead of ourselves at all," he responded."If somebody had offered us this at the start of the season, of course we would have taken somebody's hand off."We have got here from sheer hard work and being together as a group, there are amazing characters in that group and the staff have been amazing with us."