Another narrow 2-1 defeat against the Old Firm for Aberdeen in a game which lacked entertaining football but was never short on controversy and incident. The Dons conceded a penalty, had an appeal of their own turned down and had a man dismissed in a tough-tackling match which also saw potentially serious injuries for both teams.
Injury to striker Scott Vernon prior to the match left Rory Fallon deployed up front alone. The suspended Ryan Jack was replaced at right-back by Rory McArdle looking suitably out of his depth in an unfamiliar position.
Overloading the midfield meant much of the action took place there, which played into Aberdeen’s hands in the first half - while free-flowing football and chances were at a premium in the opening period, David Gonzalez in the home goal barely touched the ball.
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