Good win but it’s not Good enough
Hard-to-please Dons boss wants more from his stars
Bojan Miovski fired in two more strikes to inspire Aberdeen to victory and bring his Premiership tally to seven.
But Pittodrie boss Jim Goodwin wasn’t as overwhelmed by his side’s rampaging success over Kilmarnock as the 16,000 home supporters.
The North Macedonia international hit a penalty and a second just before the break as the hosts sucked the energy from Derek McInnes’ visitors who looked good on the counter in a riveting first half.
The opening 45 minutes wasn’t what Goodwin wanted but in the end he was pleased with the progress his Reds continue to make, despite his concern at some aspects of their play.
He said: “I thought the overall performance was very good, although there were elements of the first half that were a little bit frustrating.
“We are looking like a decent team at the moment and if we can just scrub up in one or two areas then we are looking like a very good team. We are still a relatively new group.
“There are things we have to get better at. I thought 4-1 made it looked extremely comfortable but that wasn’t the case in the first half because we left ourselves open to the counter-attack too many times.
“I kind of knew that would be the case because Ylber Ramadani was the only natural midfielder in there. All in all it was a pleasing and convincing performance against a team who were very wel l organised. Derek McInnes is a good, experienced manager and his team is always set up in a way that makes like difficult and hard to beat.
“But we created plent y of opportunities and we could have had a few more.”
There was enough sizzle from both sides to suggest this might be a cracker and three goals in a blistering five-minute first-half spell told the story of the pace and determination among both sets of players.
So, when the Rugby Park side momentarily switched off in their own penalty area and the Dons put pressure on them, it was energetic Vicente Besuijen who took charge to burst through to slam the ball home.
Killie had hardly time to recover when the home side struck again, just two minutes later. This time from the penalty spot after keeper Zach Hemming’s foot caught Miovski. He left Hemming with no chance.
Out of the blue, Killie’s former Don Ash Taylor struck, pulling away from his marker to head home Liam Polworth’s clever ball across the goal. Aberdeen struck again, seconds before the break when the ball fell for Miovski, who scooped it into the net. This was the point of no return for Kilmarnock and Anthony Stewart’s goal in 63 minutes put the icing on the cake.