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IRISH INTERNATIONAL Jamie McGrath scored his fourth goal of the season, while Rangers had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Dundee United.
Aberdeen were improved in the second half and McGrath drew them level five minutes after the restart. Jimmy Thelin’s men had been sluggish out of the traps, however, they almost found themselves in front in the 13th minute when Ester Sokler brought out a smart stop from Ellery Balcombe.Balcombe launched Tanser’s back-pass downfield and Olusanya outmuscled the hesitant Dons centre-half pairing before coolly firing past Dimitar Mitov.
Advertisement An uncharacteristically flat first half from the Premiership title challengers was summed up by Leighton Clarkson sending an effort from distance harmlessly past the post. A gilt-edged chance came and went for McMenamin as he was denied from point-blank range by an excellent save by Mitov.They got their just-rewards with seven minutes left. A pin-point delivery to the back-post from Mark O’Hara found Taylor to power Saints back in front.
On a day which saw the Scottish fixture list badly affected by snow and rain of Storm Bert, the Taysiders were held up by traffic problems on their way to Govan which put the kick-off back 45 minutes initially before it turned out to be 55 minutes of waiting for the hardy punters. The international break had brought more injury problems for the Belgian boss, with defender Neraysho Kasanwirjo out for an extended period after the Feyenoord loanee injured his knee playing for the Netherlands U21s against England.
United goalkeeper Jack Walton made decent saves from drives from Cerny and midfielder Nicolas Raskin before an even better save from Nedim Bajrami’s curling shot, pushing the ball behind for a corner which came to nothing.
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