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The Scotsman
  • 21/12/2024
Mark Atkinson reports from Pittodrie as Hibs down the Dons.
Transcript
00:00A very good evening from Potagere where it's finished. Aberdeen 1, Hibs 3 in the penultimate
00:07shift. A massive win for Hibs. A statement win some would say in their quest to move
00:11away from the foot of the table. They came back from a goal down here to beat the Dons
00:15who slipped to third place in the table following Rangers' win over Dundee. The story though
00:20is about David Gray and his Hibs team. They built on their victory last weekend against
00:24Ross County with an excellent performance full of grit, determination, pace and tenacity.
00:29Aberdeen took the lead through Tebukescu but Hibs roared back only a couple of minutes
00:34later. Elie Juhan scoring after a mistake by Slavdar Ruzic. Then Nicky Caddon fired
00:38home to put Hibs 2-1 up at the break. And within five minutes of the restart they got
00:42a third through Martin Boyle and that deflated the Dons who showed little in the way of conviction
00:48in the second half, missing a number of chances through Peter Ambrose in particular. Hibs
00:52now they go back to eighth place in the table. You can hear their fans behind me here, saying
00:57away. Over a thousand of them celebrating along into the night. An early Christmas for
01:01them. They're now five points clear of Botham's football. Hearts facing St. John's in tomorrow's
01:07game. They know that they're going to be safe from Botham's for a few weeks at least. They
01:13play Hearts next in the Derby on Boxing Day and they'll go into that game full of confidence.
01:17A massive result for them after their 3-1 victory here at Butodre.