Dee eventually crackdiamonds
Championship side Dundee survived a Scottish Cup scare against League 1 underdogs Airdrie before running riot in extra-time at Dens.
The Diamonds stunned the home side when they took the lead through Calum Gallagher but Dundee drew level just before halftime with a Paul Mcmullan strike.
Zak Rudden gave the Dark Blues the lead after the break before Callum Smith equalised for Airdrie.
The Diamonds then had Cammy Ballantyne sent off with Dundee running away with the game in extra time thanks to a Derick Osei double and further strikes from Fin Robertson and Luke Mccowan.
Dundee boss Gary Bowyer admitted his players made life difficult for themselves.
He said: “The most important thing is getting through and that’s what we’ve done.
“I’m not being patronising saying this but credit has to go to Airdrie because I thought they were terrific.
“They started better than us, we were too slow and sloppy.
“Once we got in front we had enough chances, but we let them back into it and it was a poor goal.”
Airdrie player-manager
Rhys Mccabe admitted he was disappointed with Ballantyne’s sending off.
Mccabe said: “The sending off changed the game. To be honest, I’m a wee bit disappointed in the ref.”
The Diamonds broke the deadlock in the 21st minute when Gallagher rifled a low shot from the edge of the box that beat Dundee keeper Ian Lawlor and nestled in the bottom corner of the net.
Dundee equalised in the 45th minute when Cammy Kerr dug out a cross from the left with Airdrie keeper Dean Lyness failing to gather under pressure from Zak Rudden and Mcmullan gleefully pounced to rifle the ball into the back of the net.
Dundee took the lead in the 54th minute. Lyness tried to clear outside his penalty area but miskicked with Rudden taking full advantage, keeping his nerve to curl the ball high into the net from the corner of the box.
However, the Diamonds struck back in the 66th minute when sub Gabriel Mcgill broke down the right before squaring to Smith, who rifled a shot past the exposed Lawlor.
Airdrie were reduced to 10 men in the 94th minute with Ballantyne receiving two yellow cards in quick succession for fouls with the game going to extra time.
Dundee scored in the 103rd minute when sub Alex Jakubiak had a shot saved by Lyness but Osei was on hand to rifle home the rebound.
Osei then doubled his tally in the second period of extra-time, with a shot that was deflected into the back of the net before Robertson and Mccowan put the icing on the cake with fine finishes.
DUNDEE:
(3-4-1-2) - Lawlor 6 (Legzdins 76 5), Kerr 7, Sweeney 6, Mcghee 6, Byrne 7 (Grayson 68 4), Ashcroft 6, Mulligan 6 (Mccowan 106 3), Mcmullan 8 (Cameron 85 4), Rudden 6 (Osei 85 3), Williamson 7 (Robertson 95 4), Anderson 6 (Jakubiak 68 4). AIRDRIE:
(4-1-4-1) Lyness 5, Ballantyne 5, Mccabe 6, Fordyce 7, Gallagher 8 (Kavanagh 117 3), Smith 6, Mcmaster 6 (, Taylor Sinclair 90 3), Watson 6, J. Devenny 6 (Mcgill 45 4), E. Deveney 6, Telfer 6 (Spalding 98 3).