Keir Murray, ` Sport Scotland
No wonder Stephen Robinson praised his players after victory in Pittodrie propelled his team to fourth place in the Scottish Premiership.
The Saints manager had so many players who put in strong performances. Curtis Main made up for a miss from yards out where he stretched, stumbled and missed the ball wide by scoring two crackers. The first was a sizzling header that gave Joe Lewis no chance in the Aberdeen goal, the second was a superb deflection and shot from the turn.
Elsewhere, Mark O’Hara and Keanu Baccus controlled the center of the park, although a struggling Aberdeen team refused to lie down after falling to 10 men.
St Mirren played good football, getting out of tight spots and using the extra space afforded by Ross McCrorie’s absence to run off the ball and into attacking positions. If they win their game, they move within three points of the third-place Hearts. That’s a measure of the progress they’ve made this season.
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