Jordan Turnbull’s Friday night may not have ended the way he would have liked as Partick Thistle went down narrowly to Celtic, but the defender has seen enough in his two outings for the club so far to know that he has made the right move.

Turnbull arrived at Firhill on a season long loan from Coventry City earlier this month, and he has immediately looked at home in the heart of the Jags defence.

Given his first start by manager Alan Archibald in the midweek Betfred Cup win at McDiarmid Park, he was solid and assured as Thistle shut out St Johnstone to earn a place in the quarter finals.

And he was equally as impressive as he kept Celtic quiet for the most part on Friday evening, with little he could do about Olivier Ntcham’s long-range volley that settled the match in the champions’ favour.

After savouring the big match atmosphere and seeing what his teammates are capable of, he is certain that coming north of the border has been a great move.

"It's a great opportunity for me to kick on and play in some really big games like the one on Friday night,” Turnbull said. “The atmosphere was fantastic. To play against Celtic was a great experience.

“I've really enjoyed it all so far. It’s the first couple of games I've played in a while, but I'm happy with my performances.

“The main thing really is that we got through on Tuesday night. We had great confidence coming into the Celtic game. We knew it was going to be difficult and that we weren't going to get a lot of the ball. I thought I did quite well.

“I've settled in really easily with the boys. I get on really well with Niall Keown and Callum Booth to the left of me.

“It's a great bunch of lads so whoever steps in, it's easy to step into that role."

Despite their understandable pride in their performance against Celtic, the Thistle players couldn’t help but have the nagging feeling that they might have got something more from the evening.

After overcoming a shaky start in which Celtic dominated and might have been out of sight, Thistle made the most of their reprieve to grow into the game.

And when they did create their one real genuine clear-cut opportunity, there were heads in hands all around Firhill when the normally reliable Kris Doolan fluffed his lines.

"The lads worked their socks off to a man, we did brilliantly on Friday night,” he said.

“We had one great opportunity to score with that header, it didn't work out on the night but we worked really hard, we had a game plan and it nearly came off for us."

And of course, Thistle’s frustrations were compounded when referee Andrew Dallas waved away a last-gasp penalty shout for the home side after debutant Miles Storey was clearly tripped by Nir Bitton in the area.

While most of the Thistle players made a beeline for the nearest computer after the match to look at the incident, Turnbull couldn’t bring himself to relive the moment.

"I haven't seen it back,” he said.

“Miles has come on and worked fantastically, unfortunately it hasn't come off for us.

“It was mentioned in the dressing room, a few of the lads had a look at it on the laptop but I haven't seen it.”