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Clarke: Pressure is all on Dons

- A.haggerty@dailyrecor­d.co.uk

STEVE CLARKE insists all the pressure is on Aberdeen tonight because they have been talking themselves up as potential Scottish Cup winners. The Kilmarnock boss tried to crank up the heat on the Dons ahead of this

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evening’s quarter-final replay at Rugby Park.

But he defused the row with counterpar­t Derek McInnes who had branded Jordan Jones a diver after he won the penalty that led to Killie’s equaliser in the first game at Pittodrie. Clarke savaged McInnes for his comments but believes the Aberdeen manager has now clarified what he meant and is ready to move on.

He said: “I wasn’t looking for a phone call from Derek, I wanted a little more clarity about what he actually meant when he said what he said about Jordan.

“In his second press

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