Derek McInnes launched a furious attack on Andrew Dallas after Aberdeen’s 2-1 win over Hamilton Accies.
The Lanarkshire based official made himself the centre of attention with a series of baffling decisions that almost cost Aberdeen three points.
Just like Willie Collum’s display in Celtic’s 3-0 win at Hamilton the referee’s performance bore all the hallmarks of Hugh Dallas who seemed to believe that supporters paid money to watch the referee spoil the game.
Criticism of a referee after a win is almost more effective with Dougie Imrie’s first half equaliser from the penalty spot upsetting McInnes.
“It’s never a penalty,” the Sporting Life website reported the Aberdeen boss saying. “That’s the second time against Hamilton this season we’ve been so aggrieved by the penalty decision against us. It’s a save. Joe’s touched the ball twice, with his left (hand) and his body. It’s a bad decision.
“We reminded the players not to hide behind the fact it was a poor decision. We’ve got to try and do our jobs well. It needed composure and confidence, and the players were excellent from that point of view.
“We needed the second goal, but I felt we were a bit wasteful at times. We rushed things a few times after getting into good areas. At 2-1 you’re never totally happy, but nobody could deny we deserved to win that.”
Adam Rooney scored the winning goal midway through the second half to take Aberdeen to four points behind Sevco with the same number of games played.
On Friday McInnes takes his side to Tynecastle looking for their third consecutive win after a barren spell that started with their Betfred Cup Final defeat from Celtic at Hampden.
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