CAMPBELL – WE NEED TO CUT OUT MISTAKES

Dick Campbell was left to rue “silly, stupid” mistakes as his Arbroath side tasted defeat at Dundee.

Goals from Nicky Low and Colin Hamilton saw the part-timers come back twice to level the game after goals from Luke McCowan and Zak Rudden.

And they looked like they could have stunned their hosts and grabbed the points if Dale Hilson had managed to convert from six yards out.

Moments later, Zach Robinson broke Arbroath hearts before Josh Mulligan made sure the points stayed with the Dark Blues.

It was the first time Arbroath have conceded this season and the first time they shipped four goals in a game since March 2021.

Campbell said his side need to cut out the errors at the back.

“You’ve got to defend properly,” he said.

“At 2-2, we’ve got a magnificent chance to win the game and then we make two silly, stupid mistakes.

“I’ve not got any real problems apart from eliminating these mistakes. We had a few goalscoring chances.

“You can’t make mistakes like that against a team like Dundee and expect to come away with anything.

“I’m extremely disappointed. We’ll go away, lick our wounds and get back in on Monday and get ready for Queen’s Park.”

Campbell remained positive about his side’s showing after creating some good chances, despite lacking that killer touch.

The Arbroath boss felt for the 704 travelling Lichties who backed their side despite the game being live on the BBC.

He reassured them that his side will come back from the defeat.

“We had a good support through with us and they’ll be disappointed,” he said. “That’s how far we’ve come; lose out to Dundee and everyone’s disappointed.

“We played well and any football purist will see that Arbroath are there to be contended with all season.”