The Irishman got things started with a defence splitting pass to Ester Sokler as they mounted a Celtic Park salvage mission
The Republic of Ireland international is savouring the storming run at Pittodrie and playing a key role in the squad’s ascent. McGrath’s jaw-dropping pass at Celtic Park to set sub Ester Sokler away to strike the goal which sparked the Dons fightback in Glasgow typified a terrific start to the term.
McGrath noted that critical outlook as he explained: “When you go two down, you could start arguing with yourselves, but I never felt us get into that situation. “Staying in the game is the big thing because, if we do that, we know we’ll score. To get the first goal back was big and once we did that, we got a really good foothold in the game and looked dangerous. You have to give credit to the substitutes because they came on and really changed the game, too.”
The result kept them level on points at the top of the table and now the opportunity is there for Thelin’s team to go clear on Saturday. With Brendan Rodgers’ men not in action until Sunday at Motherwell, Aberdeen can move ahead if they avoid defeat at home to Dundee United. Duk also had the ball in the net at Parkhead following his impactful sub appearance, but it was ruled out as the ball struck his elbow after being headed down by team-mate Slobodan Rubezic. McGrath said: “Dimi’s save was unbelievable but he has done that all season. We knew we would need him and he’d be called upon. Everything he did, he did so well.
“On another day we could have scored again on the counter-attack. Topi Keskinen was brilliant for us, he really was an out-ball and, at another time, we could maybe have gone 3-2 up.
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