Jonny Hayes admits Aberdeen threw away two factors in opposition to Dundee with a end result that’s a hammer blow to their top-six hopes.
The Dons now have to beat Ross County at Pittodrie on Saturday and hope Hibs and Livingston draw at greatest in opposition to Hearts and Motherwell.
If that doesn’t occur they may end the season within the backside half of the desk for the primary time since 2013.
Hayes insists if Aberdeen miss out it can present the league has turn out to be stronger in recent times with the potential for European soccer an enormous carrot for groups.
However the 34-year-old was nonetheless bitterly dissatisfied the Dons allowed victory to slide from their grasp in opposition to Dundee.
He stated: “Sure, we had been 2-1 up with 10 minutes to go.
“We anticipated strain from Dundee however we didn’t cope with both set-piece correctly and it has price us two factors.
“I stated a couple of weeks in the past if we didn’t win our three video games we had been going to must depend on different groups.
“That’s the case now. We’ve dropped factors and subsequent week we have to win. We have to care for our personal enterprise.
“It’s out of our fingers now. It’s disappointing.
“Groups have come again into the Premiership and total, the league is now more durable than it was 10
years in the past.
“There may be much more competitors for high six. Golf equipment know what it means by way of vying for European soccer and the monetary rewards.
“Golf equipment have thought it’s an enormous incentive to take a position and attempt to do higher.
“Aberdeen seven or eight years in the past had been a little bit of a benchmark for Hibs and Hearts coming again into the league. I simply suppose there may be extra competitors now.”