Aberdeen caretaker boss Peter Leven hailed his side’s “character” but admitted their performance left plenty of room for improvement, despite a vital 2-1 cinch Premiership victory over relegation rivals Ross County.
The victory, secured thanks to goals from Bojan Miovski and Jamie McGrath, either side of Simon Murray’s header for County, moved the Dons six points clear of their opponents, who remain second bottom.
Leven said: “I’m delighted with the three points and the result, but the performance could have been better.
“I thought we started well and then County came into it a bit. I always knew we had the players who could get us the next goal.
“At half time I told them to relax on the ball. They looked nervous at times and they were trying the hard pass when the simple pass was on. They were better in the second half and I thought the subs really impacted the game.
“When Duk is like that, he’s a handful for anybody with his power and pace. He did really well for the second goal.
“The character the boys showed was brilliant. They were fighting for everything and the boys were focused.”
The Staggies are also under interim management and Don Cowie admitted this match was a missed opportunity for his side.
He said: “I thought it was a really good performance and the team responded really well to a poor start.
“The team were perhaps a little bit spooked for 10 minutes, but the response was excellent and we deserved to go in level.
“I felt that we could step on and win it after that, but if you can’t win it you have to make sure you don’t lose it and we have to learn from that.
“Every game you play is an opportunity and we’ve come away with nothing, so there’s a natural disappointment there, but I’m so proud of the team and the way we’ve played.
“It’s a team that’s working hard for each other and there’s real quality in there as well, but we have to build on that.
“We’ve shown over the last seven or eight games that we can be dangerous, but we need to start picking up points away from home and it’s about those fine lines.”
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