Aberdeen FC

• Nickname:The dons
• Founded:1903
• Manager:Jimmy Calderwood

• Ground:Pittodrie
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Defending lets Dons down

08 Mar 2009 - 13:03:15

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Aberdeen boss Jimmy Calderwood slammed his side's defending after they conceded a late equaliser in their Scottish Cup quarter-final at Dunfermline Athletic.

A Sone Aluko looked like taking the Dons through to the last four, only for Nick Phinn to strike for the Pars and set up a replay.

Calderwood fumed: "It was a sloppy goal.

"I wasn't too happy at half-time, but the second half, for the first 25 minutes, we were brilliant. We should have finished them off.

"We looked dangerous, getting the ball side to side at pace. It was a good goal from Sone and really from that position we should have won the game.

"It's a difficult place to come. They have probably got more SPL experience than us, so it was a hard, hard game.

"We came here to win the game, but we're still in it and that's the most important thing."