Glass future in doubt as Dons are overrun
LIVINGSTON 2
Obileye (8), Forrest (49)
ABERDEEN 1
Ramirez (66)
Stephen Glass admitted he understands why the Aberdeen fans were calling for his head and conceded his job is under threat.
The Dons lost at Livingston for the first time in 18 years and are now level with the West Lothian club in the bottom six
It was an extraordinary game that saw 13 yellow cards issued, including one for Glass, and Montano, of Livingston, ordered off.
There were chants against Glass and his players when they went two goals behind.
The Pittodrie manager said: “When they see a team that was pretty poor first-half they
make their feelings known, that’s normal at a big club.
“Expectations are high, players have reputations on the line and so is mine.
“I’m under pressure every day of my life at this club. You want a team to produce results and performances that don’t encourage reactions like that.
“But when you produce a performance like that, you’re
open to whatever’s coming to you.”
It only took Livi eight minutes to go ahead – a goal that came after Mcrorie had hauled down the flying Alan Forrest on the left wing.
The free-kick into the box was pounced on by Anderson
and his effort was helped into the net by Ayo Obileye.
It was the sixth time the big centre-back has scored this season.
Aberdeen had 75% of the first-half possession but most of that consisted of side to side passes and some overelaborate attempts to create moves down the flank.
The most telling statistic was their failure to have a single attempt on goal.
Christian Ramirez always looks pretty sharp in front of the posts but he was completely starved of supply.
He showed what he can do when presented with a chance in the second half.
At the other end, the men in red seemed determined to add to their misery of the first 45 minutes by repeatedly giving the ball away cheaply.
Twice there were lazy passes played across their own back-line that almost proved disastrous.
Forrest pounced on one and shot just over the crossbar.
An attempt by Glass to change things at the break saw Jenks replaced by Mackenzie
and Hayes moved to the right wing.
This new formation hardly had time to settle before they were two down.
The outstanding Forrest sprung the visitors’ offside trap and sent a shot flying past Woods, who was deputising for the ill Joe Lewis in the Dons’ goal.
It looked like the home side might completely over-run their opponents at this point.
But at last the disgruntled travelling fans were given something to cheer when Ramirez came up with a goal.
Kennedy headed back a Hayes cross and the American hooked the ball home.
This lifted the spirits of a side that had looked extremely low on confidence and had argued amongst themselves on a couple of occasions.
Late attempts to find an equaliser were rebuffed by Livingston, who played out the last few minutes with ten men.
Emmanuel-thomas had a shot cleared off the line and Stryjek produced a couple of brave saves to ensure his team claimed the win.
It was a breath-taking finish that ended with huge celebrations in the Livingston camp.
Aberdeen, who rested Scott Brown for the game, now have a league game against Celtic and a Scottish Cup tie at Motherwell.