Aberdeen started the game brightly, and forced Dundee back. We struggled in the first 20 mins or so. But started to come into and were knocking the ball about nicely. Rab Douglas in the Dundee goal had a busy enough time dealing with crosses and having punched one clear from another Aberdeen corner in the 25th minute, he landed awkwardly and immediately signalled to his bench and was replaced by Tony Bullock.It was the only real blo
w to Dundee in that opening 45 minutes that saw two penalty claims waved aside by the referee of the moment, Steve Conroy. The first was in the ninth minute when Craig Forsyth went down in the box, the second, at the other end, in the 31st minute, when Peter Pawlett crumbled when being challenged by David Cowan.Aberdeen had not conceded a goal since losing to Celtic over a month ago but Dundee ended that run, making the most of a great delivery as well as some poor Aberdeen defending. Gary Harkins' 39th minute corner was whipped across to the back post and Eddie Malone was able to rise well above his markers to head the ball down and past Jamie Langfield in the visitors' goal.Dundee were beginning to get under Aberdeen's skin but if they had been itching to get a second goal before the interval, they had a full-blown rash of chances after it. Their pace and movement were a constant trauma for the SPL defence and having been breached once, they looked more and more likely to cave again. The second half wasn't even 60 seconds old when Charlie Mulgrew and Langfield had to combine to smother the threat posed by McMenamin, while Harkins free-kick two minutes later was only just off target.It seemed that every Dundee pass out of midfield was slicing open the Aberdeen rearguard and willing runners such as McMenamin, Sean H
iggins and Forsyth were delighted to get on the receiving end. McMenamin did exactly that in the 49th minute but with three Aberdeen defenders chasing in his wake and Langfield diving at his feet, he flicked the ball just wide of the post.The second goal did come in the 55th minute, though. Harkins ball cut through the defence and while McMenamin's first touch was poor, he showed the presence of mind to dink a cheeky back heel across the area to Forsyth and he drilled it into the roof of the net.McGhee reacted immediately, sending on both Chris Maguire and Michael Paton and it soon paid off. The latter got a goal back in the 62nd minute, sneaking the ball in at the near post from Mulgrew's corner and he added a second from a Miller lay-off with 88 minutes gone to take the match to extra time. I was a wee bit worried about extra-time, but we settle down and played some great football. And young striker Leigh Griffiths scored the winner, when he hit a right-footed screamer on the turn, after Jamie langfield dropped a cross. A great goal and Dundee went into the second period full of confiedence. Apart from one good save Tony Bullock had little to do, and Griffiths could have scored again with a header which skimmed the bar. Final whistle and we look forward to the 1/4 tie hopefully a home tie.
w to Dundee in that opening 45 minutes that saw two penalty claims waved aside by the referee of the moment, Steve Conroy. The first was in the ninth minute when Craig Forsyth went down in the box, the second, at the other end, in the 31st minute, when Peter Pawlett crumbled when being challenged by David Cowan.Aberdeen had not conceded a goal since losing to Celtic over a month ago but Dundee ended that run, making the most of a great delivery as well as some poor Aberdeen defending. Gary Harkins' 39th minute corner was whipped across to the back post and Eddie Malone was able to rise well above his markers to head the ball down and past Jamie Langfield in the visitors' goal.Dundee were beginning to get under Aberdeen's skin but if they had been itching to get a second goal before the interval, they had a full-blown rash of chances after it. Their pace and movement were a constant trauma for the SPL defence and having been breached once, they looked more and more likely to cave again. The second half wasn't even 60 seconds old when Charlie Mulgrew and Langfield had to combine to smother the threat posed by McMenamin, while Harkins free-kick two minutes later was only just off target.It seemed that every Dundee pass out of midfield was slicing open the Aberdeen rearguard and willing runners such as McMenamin, Sean H
iggins and Forsyth were delighted to get on the receiving end. McMenamin did exactly that in the 49th minute but with three Aberdeen defenders chasing in his wake and Langfield diving at his feet, he flicked the ball just wide of the post.The second goal did come in the 55th minute, though. Harkins ball cut through the defence and while McMenamin's first touch was poor, he showed the presence of mind to dink a cheeky back heel across the area to Forsyth and he drilled it into the roof of the net.McGhee reacted immediately, sending on both Chris Maguire and Michael Paton and it soon paid off. The latter got a goal back in the 62nd minute, sneaking the ball in at the near post from Mulgrew's corner and he added a second from a Miller lay-off with 88 minutes gone to take the match to extra time. I was a wee bit worried about extra-time, but we settle down and played some great football. And young striker Leigh Griffiths scored the winner, when he hit a right-footed screamer on the turn, after Jamie langfield dropped a cross. A great goal and Dundee went into the second period full of confiedence. Apart from one good save Tony Bullock had little to do, and Griffiths could have scored again with a header which skimmed the bar. Final whistle and we look forward to the 1/4 tie hopefully a home tie. Dundee: Douglas (Bullock 26), Paton, MacKenzie, Cowan, Malone, Forsyth, Klimpl, Kerr, Higgins (Griffiths 74), McMenamin (Clarke 98), Harkins. Subs not used: Casement, McHale.
Interview with Dundee manager Jocky Scott:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/8270086.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/8270086.stm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRO5KZYpVDk (Goals from Cis Cup)
