Kilmarnock leapfrog Rangers and Celtic to go top of Scottish Premiership - but boss Steve Clarke isn't getting carried away
Kilmarnock's win over Livingston saw them go top of the table
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Your support makes all the difference.Kilmarnock are the surprise leaders of the Scottish Premiership after beating Livingston 2-0, but that didn't stop manager Steve Clarke being disappointed with his side's second-half showing.
The Rugby Park outfit went top after Greg Stewart's first-half brace was enough to see off Gary Holt's Livi.
Killie now lost just once in their last eleven fixtures and leapt one point ahead of Old Firm giants Rangers and Celtic with their win on Wednesday night.
Even with Glasgow's big two in their rear-view mirror, however, Clarke refused to get carried away by their ascent to top spot in December as he knows it is where you finish at the end of the campaign that counts.
Clarke said: "I'm still trying to get over the second half, to be honest, because I thought we slipped out of the game.
"Listen, it's nice for the supporters - they'll have enjoyed the night and looking at the league table but, for us, it's just another three points.
"It wasn't our best performance but it was a good win against a difficult opponent.
"I've got such an honest bunch that the feeling I got in the dressing room was that they were a little bit disappointed with their second-half performance.
"But they'll look at the table and realise that if you work hard and are a good group of players you'll pick up points in this league.
"And if you pick up enough points then sometimes you get quite close to the summit. But there's nobody getting carried away. We've got an awful lot of work to do.
"At the end of the season we can tally up the points and see who's where and decide if it's been a good season or not. But in December it's difficult to do that as there are so many games to come."
Kilmarnock defender Kirk Broadfoot was stretchered off following a collision with his goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann and Clarke hopes he'll be fine for Saturday's clash at Celtic.
He said: "Hopefully it's not too serious as I'm down to the bare bones with Stuart Findlay. But Gary Dicker has the know how to play centre back if need be. It was an unfortunate collison."
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