McINNES: DONS NOT WORRIED ABOUT GERS

ABERDEEN will not be spending t he next five weeks looking over their shoulders, according to boss Derek McInnes.

The Dons could have all but wrapped up second place last Sunday when Rangers visited Pittodrie.

But their 3-0 defeat to Pedro Caixinha’s Gers means the Ibrox side have cut the gap to nine points with six games to play.

H o w e v e r, M c I n n e s stressed he will only worry about what the Gers are up to once his side have completed their fixtures.

Asked if he hoped to have second place wrapped up by the time they visit Glasgow next month, he said: “My focus is on St Johnstone tomorrow and after that it will be the next game.

“It’s not on Rangers. Just because they managed to beat us on Sunday — or certainly we managed to beat ourselves — it doesn’t mean to say that all of a sudden they are the main focus.

“We’re not getting caught up in any of that.”

McInnes blamed “four minutes of madness” for last weekend’s defeat but he has refused to come down to hard on his team despite their frustrating collapse.

“We ’v e b e e n o n a brilliant run,” he said. “We undid ourselves at the weekend.

“But over the last three months the form has been so good and that’s what we’ll concentrate on, rather than the disappointment of Sunday.”