Defeat was so sore – but we are not Dun for

DUNDEE’S frustrating day at Pittodrie summed up a miserable season so far for the Dark Blues.

Chance after chance came their way, but none was taken.

In doing so they passed up an even greater opportunity to put pressure on St Johnstone after their poor home defeat to St Mirren.

Experienced midfielder Paul McGowan, however, says the performance at Aberdeen showed all is not lost among the Dens Park squad.

“I don’t think I’ve gone there with a team and had so many chances against Aberdeen,” McGowan said.

“When we put in a performance like that, you wonder how we’re in this position, but ultimately we haven’t scored enough goals or kept enough clean-sheets. That’s been the biggest downfall.

“This is why we are where we are. We’re not taking our chances, and losing goals. It was the same at the start of the season, dominating games.

“It’s a sore one to take. We didn’t deserve to lose this game.

“Listen, until it’s mathematically impossible we’ll keep plugging away. If we keep producing a performance like we did on Saturday, the win will come. We’ve got a fighting chance and that’s all we could ask for.

“If St Johnstone had got a result it would have been devastating, but we’re still in with a chance.”

The deciding moment in the game came when Jonny Hayes went down between McGowan and left-back Jordan Marshall.

Replays showed some contact between Marshall and Hayes, but McGowan felt there was little in the challenge.

Referee Willie Collum, though, pointed to the spot and Lewis Ferguson fired in the winner from 12 yards.

“He (Hayes) cut in, but I’ve not touched him,” McGowan said.

“I didn’t feel there was contact and he went down quite easily.

“He has come in between me and Marshy. I’m not going to blame each other.

“They could have had a penalty earlier on and we got away with it, but it’s just these things that are going against us just now.”

Despite all that and no wins since February, the Dark Blues