Dundee just about knocked out SPL side Kilmarnock in the 4th Rd of the Scottish Cup, in fact they should have after missing a second half penalty. Dundee started with a five man midfield with Savo Milne the lone striker. Jake Hyde dropped to the bench.
Dundee started very well and attacked the Killie goal straight away, but the closest they came was long range chip effort from Ross Chisholm. On 15 minutes good play sent Savo Milne clear and he knocked the ball under Bell to give Dundee the lead, both Linesman and Ref seemed to give the goal. The Killie players went to the linesman to complain and soon after the Ref ruled it was offside, to the fury of the Dundee fans. Soon after Gavin Rae had a shot which was close but went just over the ball. Against the run of play Kilmarnock opened the scoring when Pascali scored with a header, a poor goal for Dundee to lose. Dundee kept their work rate up and went in at half-time 1 nil down.
Second half was only 21 seconds old when Dundee levelled the cup-tie when good work from Rae set up Conroy who's pinpoint cross was finished by Savo Milne to send the Dundee fans wild with delight. Then Killie had their best spell in the game and Douglas pulled off a tremendous save from Hay's shot. But back came Dundee and great wing play from McCluskey set up Conroy who pushed in the back the ref pointed to the spot to give us a great chance to go ahead. Up stepped Matt Lockwood but sadly is was a poor effort and was easy saved for the Killie keeper. Dundee kept up the pressure and they sent on Hyde for McCluskey. Then after another great move Milne was one to one with Bell but the keeper saved well, it was then knocked back into the box Ryan Conroy's placed header was brilliantly saved by Bell.
Both teams played until the end no more goals so it's a replay on the 17th of January at Rugby Park. I thought the whole team played well today. So well done lads..
Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, McGregor, McKeown, Lockwood, McCluskey (Hyde 74), Chisholm, O'Donnell, Conroy, Rae, Milne. Unused subs; Gibson, Bayne, Benedictus, McIntosh.
Att; 3, 446
Ref; S.O'Reilly.
