McInnes hails ‘almost perfect performance’

ABERDEEN moved into second place with a 4-0 win at KILMARNOCK.

Adam Rooney scored the only goal of the first half from the spot after a foul by goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald.

Three goals in 22 second-half minutes made an away win certain.

First Andrew Considine volleyed in after a corner, then Ash Taylor netted from close range and Rooney slipped the fourth past MacDonald.

Dons boss Derek McInnes hailed a near-perfect performance from his team. He said: “The pitch being a bit narrower, shorter and drier, you have to fight and work hard to get space to operate.

“Kilmarnock are a very competitive team, they had only lost to Celtic in the past four games, so we knew we had to get on top of them,” he said.

“Your focus will probably be on some of the movement and brilliant goals, but I thought our tenacity to get after them from the first whistle, play the conditions and get them turned and work hard to get space to get Maddison and Niall McGinn on the ball, overlapping fullbacks, (Graeme) Shinnie and (Kenny) McLean up on the game, centre-halves dominating... I thought it was almost a perfect performance.”

Liam Polworth’s stoppagetime leveller gave INVERNESS a 1-1 draw at HAMILTON.

Polworth fired into the bottom left corner for a 93rd-minute equaliser.

Alex D’Acol had given Hamilton an 18th-minute lead, stabbing the ball over the line after goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams blocked a shot.