Disenchanted Derek McInnes is ruing dropped factors as his facet misplaced to Partick Thistle on penalties.
The Firhill males headed again up the M77 with a bonus level after beating Kilmarnock on spot-kicks following a 1-1 draw at Rugby Park within the Premier Sports activities Cup.
A late call-off from Kyle Lafferty this afternoon as a result of a again harm pressured the Killie boss into altering system to a 4-3-3, which is comparatively unfamiliar to the staff this season.
However he is not utilizing it as an excuse admitting that his facet ought to have handled Aaron Muirhead's objective higher following a Liam Donnelly opener.
McInnes stated: "I used to be upset on the entire, we obtained off to a superb begin with that objective. We had been pressured to play a system we did not actually need to play as a result of lack of personnel.
"The late call-off from Kyle this afternoon wasn't supreme, we needed to change issues about.
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"There was no complacency from us, we handled it like a cup sport, however what we lacked was composure.
"I anticipated quite a bit higher when it comes to high quality in possession, we did not defend a set piece proper and I used to be upset with that, that is turning into an excessive amount of of a sample within the final couple of video games."
McInnes admits he expects to see a unique line-up in terms of Dundee United at dwelling within the league.
He stated: "I imagine that though the Dundee United sport will come spherical rapidly, I count on to have a couple of extra additions earlier than that sport.
"We do additionally have to get boys off the therapy desk and again from harm too."
Donnelly opened the scoring within the twelfth minute as he fired a strong header dwelling.
Brian Graham tried to degree the scores two minutes later as he smashed a shot throughout objective, however Zach Hemming was equal to the hassle, getting down properly to tip it to security.
Muirhead introduced his facet degree simply earlier than half time with a effective curling effort after going through away from objective.
Steven Lawless had the ball within the web within the 53rd minute, however his objective was dominated out for a good offside.
It was Killie who had the ball within the web three minutes from time as Oli Shaw fired him, however that strike was additionally dominated out for offside which despatched the sport to penalties.
Oli Shaw, Liam Polworth, Kerr McInroy and Ash Taylor all scored penalties, however Fraser Murray's slip as he was hitting his proved a decisive miss.
Partick's 5 penalties had been all scored due to Aaron Muirhead, Kevin Holt, Brian Graham, Ross Docherty and Kyle Turner.
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