Defender Warren O'Hora spoke to the media after Hibs' 3-3 draw with Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership. Here's everything he had to say...

How's the heart after that? 

“Settled now, Jesus Christ. Had to get the doctor to check it at one stage.  Emotions like a rollercoaster. I think everybody felt the same. Hibs and Aberdeen. Fans, players, staff.

“First and foremost, I thought we deserved to win. I thought we went toe-to-toe with a team that's second in the league. A team that's took points off Celtic and whoever the other big boys are.

“Credit to the boys. You go 3-2 down with less than two or three minutes left after leading the game. The character the lads showed to stay in the game and come back and get a point was amazing. There's no doubt about it.

“Me personally, I think we should have all three with the performance we put in and the chances. I think we hit the post once or twice. We had some chances as well when Myko had a header, I believe, in the first half. That's football. It happens. You don't take a chance, sometimes you get punished. 

“But the character the boys showed to get back into the game in the dying minutes. You see it in the celebration.

“We're all together in this group. There's no doubt about it. And I must mention the fans as well, because the atmosphere was great.

“Really felt that. Gave us all an extra push, which was an important in a game where there were three goals in the 90-something minute.

“For us to get a point, we've got to build on it. We're going into Saturday and trying to get through. 

It's funny because the manager said on the eve of the game that he thought 100 per cent of the players were behind him. To see you guys getting it out after 96 minutes, what does that say about your commitment, not just to the team and the club? 

“Obviously, there have been question marks over the character of the team over the last few weeks. We are where we are in the league, that happens. The league never lies. 

“But they're all behind the gaffer 100 per cent. There's no doubt about it.

“There's nobody in the dressing room feeling any different. I don't think we'd allow it in any way, anyone who would ever feel like they're breaking away from the group or not behind the staff. 

“The gaffer and his staff have been amazing for us. You've seen it in the celebrations when we scored at the end.

“Obviously, Rocky, he's been great for us. I'm absolutely delighted for him.

“He's had a tough time since I've come to the club. He hasn't played a lot. He's been brilliant since he's come in.

“That shows you that the boys who haven't played as much and are coming into the last two or three games are coming off the bench, they're all behind the gaffer. We're all working really, really hard to get up the table for ourselves as well. 

“Because we're a proper team. And that showed in the character to stand up against Aberdeen. 

Was there an extra determination because game by game, when it's not going your way or the gaffer's way, more and more people are saying or suggesting he's hanging on by his fingernails? 

“Football comes quick. You look at Saturday, we go down to 10 men and you lose the game. But you start the game really well and everything seems like it's turning. Then you go down to 10 men, and it doesn't.

“You come off the pitch feeling like it's the worst feeling in the world and you lose the game. Then we play two days later. The mood's changing a bit, and you feel like we should have had three points against Aberdeen.

“But you come away with a point against the second team in the league. 

“Yes, there's an extra determination. But there's a determination to win every game, especially at this club with the expectations and rightly so.

Can I ask you what was good through your mind when he hits that overhead kick?

“You don't want to know. I don't think I'm allowed to say that on a mic or on camera. You just think: ‘This can't be happening.’ I can't really put it into words.

“On the pitch it happened so quick. Obviously, your head drops for that split second. But it obviously didn't drop for long enough - because we go up and score straight away after it.

“Which is a credit to us. I don't think we deserve to go 3-2 down in the game. But sometimes in football you don't get what you deserve.

If Aberdeen go into their dressing room at the end absolutely gutted, what was the mood like in your dressing room? 

“There was a sense that we've lost two points; there's no doubt about it. Because we want to win every game and there's nobody in that dressing room who wants to walk away with a draw. Because you wouldn't be a footballer if that was the case.

“Yes, it's a bit of a different atmosphere because you come away with something in the last couple of minutes. It's something that we need to build on now.

“We have a massive game on Saturday again. We need to go and get the win. That's what we always set out to do. 

“The atmosphere in the dressing room was obviously happy we scored in the equaliser. But at the same time we know we can be better in moments in the game. 

When you can see that everybody's together and fighting, does it hurt that bit more when the team are getting these accusations of not caring and not fighting? 

“Yeah, of course. That's the same for anybody in any job. If somebody said that to you about your job or your environment that you're in, obviously from the outside looking in it's easy to make a judgement. 

“But when you're in there every day, your judgement and your opinions are your own. I'm working with these lads every day. I can see the hard work.

“By lads I mean staff as well and the club in general. I can see the hard work that everybody's putting in on the training pitch. Little things that you don't even see like kit men, chefs, staff around the building.

“We're all sticking together here. We all want the best for this club, there's no doubt about it. I think that in the last couple of minutes against Aberdeen we showed that this club is still together.

“There's no doubt in our squad that we're breaking or we're falling or nothing like that. We're sticking right together to the end in every game. 

You've seen lots of character, you're sticking together, but on the pitch there's a lot of mistakes that are costing you. Cheap mistakes that you can't repeat, individual errors, and that's the same today...

“One hundred per cent, yeah of course. That happens everywhere in football, it's the fine margins. One step in the wrong direction and it could be a mistake and lead to a goal. 

“We're in the top division in Scotland, you've got to get punished. Some silly decisions over the weeks, 100 per cent.

“I was in the exact same boat a couple of weeks ago - I made a silly mistake and we conceded off it. It does happen, there's no doubt about it, we need to cut it out. 100 per cent we need to cut it out because we are where we are because of it. There's no shying away from that."

In terms of being a central defender as well, is there a bit of uncertainty behind you with the goalkeepers changing? 

“No, we have full faith in both of the keepers. I have full faith in anybody who's behind me who's at this club because like I said I see them every day.

“I know how much all the keepers here want to play, all the players want to play. We're pushing each other every day in training. There's no uncertainty with me personally because of who's behind me because I can see how good they are in training.

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“How well they speak to us, how well they demand from us, how well they organise us. I thought Smudge was brilliant against Aberdeen. I think obviously Joe was unlucky to miss out.

“But look, that's football. It's the same everywhere, in every position on the pitch. And look, back to your question, there's no uncertainty about any goalkeeper behind me in this club.”