Aberdeen 4 – 1 Motherwell

Aberdeen came from behind to defeat Motherwell 4-1 and secure six place in the Scottish premiere.

Jimmy Thelin’s men started clearly to the header of Callum Slatters, but turned the game in the fun first half of Pittodrie thanks to Alfie Dorrington and Leighton Clarkson.

Kevin Nisbet’s attacker counted the other half to give Dons to a well -earned victory.

The missing goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov through injuries Dons made three changes from his draw with St Johnstone before an international break, while showing two changes from their tie with St Mirren.

Dons began strongly when Jeppe Okkels chose the run of Topi Keskinen after only two minutes, but the Finnish wings could only flash his efforts wide in a nearby place.

In the first five minutes, visitors barely dared to forward, so when they took the lead, it was a surprise.

Harry Paton built the ball to head home the opener across the underside of the bar.

However, it seemed that the wound had stimulated Aberdeen and were soon on the level.

Ellery Balcombe at Motherwell’s finish denied Keskinen and the resulting corner could not be clearly clear.

The ball fell on the defender Tottenham on Loan Dorrington, who fired home from just inside the area through Andy HalliDay’s deflection.

Dons continued the press, turning Balcombe turning Nisbet’s efforts around the post before Scotland denied a minute later.

Motherwell lost the defender Liam Gordon to injure in the middle of half, replaced by Kofi Balmer and the game settled a little.

The home side, however, still looked lively, and Clarkson saw his whipped cream from the left to avoid Habib Habib Gueye, but almost creeped into the back pillar, Balcombe threw himself over the goal to turn him behind.

This was followed by a short corner routine, this time Clarkson whipped a shot, through a helpless guard and inside a distant column of 20 yards.

And Aberdeen could be further forward when Okkels lifted on Nisbet Flick before seeing a low shot of a beaten Balcombe.

After the break, Dons remained on top, while Clarkson and Ante Palavesa had shots blocking soon after restart.

Motherwell could find a balaver when Slatry’s clever through Tom Sparrow, but his efforts flickered through his face.

Back at the other end of the Balcombe held well from Guey, when Aberdeen was looking for a third and finally arrived after 77 minutes.

Full-back Alexander Jensen turned the beautiful cross from the right and Nisbet rose to stand home the back of the rear post.

And the Scottish man fired home to stop from a distance, a ball that got off the bottom of the bar to complete a strong victory for Aberdeen.

What the managers said …

Aberdeen chief Jimmy Thelin He said, “It was a good performance, but the most important thing for me is that the quality in the group is growing and we have healthy competition.

“Players are now taking more responsibility to maintain the balance of the team and show their quality if necessary.

“I was really satisfied with how we responded to losing the goal. The reaction was really strong without stress and we did the things we wanted to do with faith.

“We have shown our supporters what we want to be in terms of pressing and transitions. I liked what I saw today.”

Motherwell’s boss Michael Wimmer He said, “I think we started well, the energy was good after the whistle and we scored, but then we lost with Aberdeen to hold.

“Aberdeen was better and for us I think it was lucky to be 2-1 down in half-time.

“We talked about it in half -time that we need more property and peace. If we win the ball, we have to keep the ball and I think we did it for 20 minutes. After half -time we had a lot of property, we had two chances.

“(At) 3-1 (that) it was for us and I wasn’t happy after, I felt that after 3-1 we gave up.

“It will be great for us, we will talk about the last 15 minutes, but Aberdeen was a great team for me.”

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