Dundee United defender Ross Graham was delighted with a "hard fought" Scottish Cup win over Spartans and praised the side's work from set pieces.
Jim Goodwin's side were reduced to 10 men in the first half at Tannadice when Iurie Iovu was shown a straight red card but they managed to put themselves 2-0 up in less than an hour.
Despite a late fight-back, the hosts held on to book their spot in the Scottish Cup quarter-final.
It was a hard fought victory in the end but we're all delighted to get through to the next round," Graham told club media.
The 24-year-old headed in from a United corner for the opener and admits the club have been working hard on scoring from set pieces.
"Every team is looking more and more and set plays," he added.
"We work really hard on them and they've paid off a few times this season."
And United's hard work on set pieces is paying off.
The Tangerines are fourth in the league for chances created from set plays with 41 - only Hibs, Hearts and Rangers have created more. While their expected goals from set plays of 10.9 is the fourth highest behind St Mirren and the Edinburgh clubs.
Even better for Goodwin's men, they're second for goals from set pieces, 18, the same as Rangers while only league leaders Hearts have scored more from set plays.
Those goals have come from only 18 shots from set plays which is the third lowest in the league ahead of Motherwell and Celtic.
Thanks to goals from Graham and Amar Fatah, United will face Falkirk in the last eight of the Scottish Cup next month.
And having recently beaten John McGlynn's side 3-2 in the league, Graham sees no reason why United can't expect more success.
"They've had a really good season this year," he added.
"We beat them at the weekend, so there's no reason why we can't do that again.
"Just leading the team out at Hampden, I probably couldn't wish for many more things than that. That would be a dream come true.
"But we need to get past Falkirk first before anything can happen."