Hibernian's Hampden hero Conrad Logan reflected on his match-winning performance and said he had no nerves at being thrown into a huge game.

The goalkeeper made four key saves during a goalless 120 minutes of the Scottish Cup semi-final against Dundee United and then stopped two penalties to put his side in the final against either Rangers or Celtic.

What his contribution even more remarkable was that the man of the match was making his first appearance for Hibs and playing his first since December 2014.

The goalkeeper had suffered an Achilles tendon injury while on loan at Rochdale from Leicester and had been a free agent since his release from the English Premier League side last summer.

With Hibs' first choice keeper Mark Oxley suspended Logan, who only signed for the Edinburgh club last month, was pitched in and was only told he would be starting 30 minutes before kick-off.

He said the late news didn't affect him and that the occasion hadn't caused any nerves.

"I was calm throughout the game," he said. "There were no nerves really.

"When you are sitting in the house for so long watching football matches, you want to be part of it. It was my time to go back out and I just enjoyed every minute.

"As a goalkeeper you are there to make saves. If they get through and you get a chance to pull a few off, just come out and be brave and hopefully the ball hits you, and I got lucky.

"When you make saves, especially in a cup game, you hope the lads can sneak a winner. But the longer it went on, maybe it was written for it to go to penalties.

"I was confident in my ability to save at least one penalty, and to save the first two was obviously a big help.

"I have done well through my career penalty-wise. Before the injury I saved three in three games when I was at Rochdale on loan.

"You can go a long time without saving one but I've had a decent enough record and I was quite confident and excited and looking forward to the penalty shoot-out to pit my wits against the lads."

Logan, who turns 30 on Monday, added: "It's like a fairytale and I'm just delighted it went so well.

"I'm very emotional because it's been so long since I played and to come back and be given the opportunity in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup, I feel proud for my family and everyone who has stuck by me. I'm grateful to the manager for bringing me up here."