
There did not look too much on but the left-back found an answer as he cut inside and drilled past Alan Mannus.And bad became worse for Saints seven minutes later as Lawless made it two.The goal was practically gift-wrapped though as the home defence stood off while the Jags midfielder strode forward from half-way, exchanged passes with Mathias Pogba and then lashed another fine strike into the bottom corner.The hosts failed to learn their lesson and again gave Lawless more space to roam soon after
It took a clumsy foul from Steven Anderson to halt his progress and a save at full stretch from Mannus to keep out Sean Welsh's free-kick.St Johnstone should have levelled when Gary Miller failed to cut out Danny Swanson's ball over the top for Graham Cummins
The Irishman, though, took a heavy touch as he rounded keeper Tomas Cerny and could not finish from the tight angle.Swanson pulled a free-kick wide before Liam Craig fired over as the hosts at least got on the front foot before half-time.Thistle lacked the same threat after the break and were made to sweat for the final stages as Kane pulled one back with a close-range finish on 67 minutes after Cerny misread the flight of Darnell Fisher's deep cross.Substitute Kris Doolan had the chance to put daylight between the teams with three minutes left but saw Joe Shaughnessy clear off the line after beating Mannus
Source : PA
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