Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Dundee 3 St Johnstone 0, Dens Park, Ladbrokes Premiership, 31-December-16

Dundee finished the year with a fine 3-0 win over Tayside rivals St Johnstone, they got off to the perfect start when good play from Etxabegerun, O’Hara and  McGowan quickly switched play forward to Haber wide on the right. The striker's cross was hit home by El Bakhtaoui to the delight of the home fans. The second goal came when  Hateley’s free kick was cleared only as far as  McGowan who knocked it back into the penalty area. Haber played a delightful pass with his chest to Gadzhalov who smashed the ball home for a wonderful goal.

St Johnstone did hit the bar and missed a couple of chance, but at half-time the Dundee fans will be happy.

Then on 56 minutes great tackle from O’Hara he got on his feet and played Hateley into space who drove a cross into the box and Anderson knocked the ball into his own net under pressure from Haber to put the Dee 3-0 up and seal the three points.

Afterwards both sides had chances but both keepers were up to form and saved well.

I missed the game due to work and was really happy when I got the score at 5pm.

Dundee: Bain,  Kerr Etxabeguren, Gadzhalov, Holt,  Hateley, McGowan,  El Bakhtaoui, O’Hara, Wighton,  Haber. Unused Subs: Mitchell, Loy, Duffy, Williams, Ross, Curran, Waddell.

Att: 6,492

Ref: Don Robertson.