A'deen 2 St Johnstone 1

Aberdeen 2 St Johnstone 1

Scorers: ABERDEEN: Aluko, Miller (p) ST JOHNSTONE: Craig

MARK McGHEE: I THINK we deserved to win. We came under pressure late in the game and it was an aerial bombardment with Kenny Deuchar up front, which was difficult to play against.

I think their goal was a free-kick as I felt Jamie Langfield had the ball in his hands and the collision came after he caught the ball.

We felt hard done by, so to get the penalty - which Lee Miller felt was deserved - and win the game, was justice.

I think we should have had the game won when we were so much on top in the first half, but we became a bit sluggish in the second half.

Sone Aluko was great in the first half and we missed his pace when he went off injured at the interval and Peter Pawlett tired. He ran out of energy and a lot of our pace went out of the game, which let them back into the match.

Our fans had the right to expect that sort of performance though, and I think we dealt quite well with everything.

DANNY GRAINGER: I HAVE seen the video and it was a clear foul by Miller and never a penalty.

I'm not going to slag the referee off, but he will look at the video and realise his mistake and when I see him again I will be looking for an apology. Lee is a top striker, but he goes down at the slightest touch. He's clever and he grabbed me by the inside of my shirt and hauled me down.

it's very disappointing to lose a game like this, but we will kick on from here.

DEREK McINNES: I FELT that there was a definite foul on Danny Grainger in the build-up to the penalty. Lee Miller grabbed him and spun him to gain an advantage in the box.

The ball was played into the area 10 yards away from the incident and Danny tried to make up the ground after initially being fouled. As he has run back, Lee has stopped and Danny has nowhere to go, so it's coming together. But the referee has said that it was a push and a pull, which it clearly wasn't. He has got it wrong and the linesman should see the foul by Miller.

At 1-1 I thought we were looking the better side and should have left here with at least a point.

We have had three penalties given against us in 11 games back in the SPL and I don't think any of them were really penalties.

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