Killie 'take confidence' from narrow Celtic loss - Mayo

Lewis Mayo says a lack of clinical edge cost Kilmarnock another upset against Celtic, but insists they take positives from the narrow defeat.

Derek McInnes' were beaten 2-0 by the Glasgow club at Rugby Park on Sunday despite an impressive showing in which they recorded 18 shots at goal.

"You can’t ever be pleased with getting beat, but you can take confidence from it," defender Mayo said.

"With the level of performance that was there, we do think there was a real chance for us to get a good result, but I just think they punished us to a degree we didn’t punish them.

"I think the stats suggest that as well. The amount of shots we had, the shots we had blocked, would suggest we put them under as much pressure on their box than ours, maybe even more from us, but they came up with the clinical moments and we didn't.

"We've had results against them before and that performance felt as good as any for large parts of it.

"Again, it just comes down to that fine detail they produce, moments of quality, and we just couldn’t get the ball in the net, but it felt like it was coming for so long."