Scotland’s hottest striker Kane Hemmings fired Dundee to a Tayside derby victory at Dens Park.
The Dark Blues were good value for their 2-0 win that takes them above St Johnstone into fifth in the Premiership.
Hemmings grabbed both goals, one in either half, taking his tally for the season to an impressive 18.
Manager Paul Hartley certainly wouldn’t swap him.
“He’s on form. He’s playing well and playing with confidence but he’ll have to give his team-mates credit as well for setting them up,” he said.
“Strikers like him, who are natural finishers and two-footed, are hard to come by and we’re happy to have him.”
Hartley thought the victory was thoroughly deserved.
“I thought we dominated the match and some of our play was excellent,” he said.
“When you’ve got the four guys we’ve got up front playing like that they’re as good as anybody in the league.
“We just let them go and play. If they make mistakes, so what?
“We’re on the same points as Ross County but we’ve not done anything yet. We’ll get as many points as we can before the split and see where it takes us.”
There was a controversial moment in the second half when some of the Saints players felt Darren O’Dea had stamped on Steven Anderson.
Neither manager saw the incident but O’Dea was adamant that he was not guilty.
“It wasn’t a stamp,” he said.
“I’d never stamp on someone there’s no need for that. The ball was up in the air and he fell over, I tried to get over his body.
“I tried to explain it to them and a few of their players were aggrieved by it, but there was nothing in it.”
For Saints boss Tommy Wright the ninth game on their winless run was
similar to plenty of the others a tale of individual mistakes.
“Individually people are not doing well enough,” he said.
“If you look at the amount of little things, like hitting the ball out of play needlessly, we are not doing enough and everyone is guilty of it at the minute.
“We’re going through a spell where we’re not doing enough as individuals for 90 minutes. It’s not a nice run we’re in but we have enough games to turn it around.”