Glen Whelan expressed his feeling following their draw with the Jags, despite losing out on a bonus point in the penalty shootout.

The two sides who will most likely to battling for the Championship title come the end of the season went head-to-head in the League Cup which ended in a 1-1 draw with Mark Wilson’s men gaining the extra point after winning 3-2 on pens.

Despite not holding onto the one goal lead, the Livingston boss claimed he was not frustrated by the equaliser and penalty defeat.

Whelan said: “Not frustration no, lots of positives going forward, it’s a little different because it’s not a league game we have to make some changes to protect some lads, to try and get them up to speed and get fitness in the legs.

So, yeah one-nil up but I think it was, you know Partick had made a few attacking changes, we look over our shoulder and we have three or four young lads, it’s a little bit more difficult, but I think overall, I think the performance was really good, I think the chances we created were really good, so lots of positives.”

With many new faces in the camp, Glen Whelan is very pleased with how is squad is coming together ahead of the new season in recent displays.

He added: “Yeah, I think if you asked me that question four weeks ago where we would be and where we are now, I think you have to give loads of credit to the lads because they have taken the information on, they’re trying to play the right way, they’re trying to do things positive, it was a real positive performance today against a so called team that will be right up there this season.

Whelan has been delighted on the performances by Tyrese Sinclair since arrival after scoring at Brechin last Tuesday and securing a man of the match against Partick Thistle.

Whelan said: “Yeah, no definitely Tyrese, front three with [Stevie] May and Robbie [Muirhead] have been excellent for me since they have come in, Robbie [Muirhead] has carried a lot of the minutes because we have a lot of injuries in the attacking third, that we are still probably very lightened in that department and we have lost Lewis Smith in the last couple weeks so, yeah, no the lads have put in a right shift and obviously the goal the three of them created today was unbelievable going forward, so, yeah it’s all positive in that front and hopefully we will get another few in.