WE SHOWED WHAT CAN BE DON AT HOME
RANGERS
ABERDEEN defender Max Lowe reckons the Dons have silenced the snipers by outplaying Rangers at Pittodrie.
The Reds’ home form has been the subject of much scrutiny since the turn of the year, having won just one of their last eight matches on their own patch.
Stenhousemuir, St Mirren and Hamilton are among the sides to have left the Granite City without tasting defeat.
However, on-loan Derby ace Lowe believes Aberdeen proved a point in Sunday’s 1-1 Scottish Cup draw against Gers, despite seeing an early lead cancelled out by Joe Worrall’s leveller.
Lowe said: “We were quite unlucky in the end.
“We had some great chances and had a couple of shots blocked off the line.
“We showed everyone we can play at home after those question marks over our performances at Pittodrie. That was a real Aberdeen display.
“Aberdeen are a massive club. I know that and Rangers are trying to be right up there as well.
“We’ve shown we can surpass them in performance levels. I believe we did that in Sunday’s match.
“We all knew that we needed that second goal to be comfortable and we were still searching for it, even at 1-0. When it went back to 1-1 we had some really good chances to win it but it just wasn’t meant to be our day.”
The fierce rivals will need to do it all over again at Ibrox next week, with the mouth-watering prospect of a last-four showdown against Celtic at stake.
And Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes is adamant his side have nothing to fear after defeating the Gers 1-0 in Govan on league duty in December and seeing Steven Gerrard’s men off by the same scoreline at Hampden in the Betfred Cup semi-final.
The Dons gaffer said: “We are strong on the road. We have already won in Glasgow – at Hampden and Ibrox earlier this season. So we’ll need to go down and do that again against a good opponent.
“But it doesn’t matter where it is – the same level of performance will give us a real chance.”