Ethan Hamilton’s stunning late strike gave Dundee a first Scottish Premiership win at Pittodrie since 2004 after a thrilling and bizarre game against 10-man Aberdeen.
Kevin Nisbet’s sensational free-kick looked like earning Aberdeen an unlikely point, but midfielder Hamilton responded with a terrific left-footed strike into the top corner with six minutes left.
It capped a mad game in which Aberdeen started sharply and got themselves ahead when Nisbet was credited with shooting straight through goalkeeper Jon McCracken despite Toyosi Olusanya following it in on the line and running off in celebration.
However, Dundee responded strongly to going behind and forced a big mistake from Liam Morrison that helped change the momentum of the game.
The centre-back failed to deal with a long ball and bundled over Tony Yogane, resulting in a red card and penalty after a review by the video assistant referee.
Simon Murray confidently dispatched from the spot and then Joel Cotterill bundled in Dundee’s second in first-half stoppage time after Aberdeen goalkeeper Per Kristian Bratveit failed to deal with Cameron Congreve’s shot.
Aberdeen managed to maintain an attacking presence in the second half, though, and Nisbet was given the chance to find an equaliser when Lyall Cameron was felled 25 yard from goal.
The striker curled the ball beyond the reach of the despairing McCracken brilliantly to level the game and set up an end-to-end finale.
But Hamilton, arguably Dundee’s player of the season, managed to match his brilliant strike against Celtic in the Scottish Cup a few weeks ago and move his side one point behind eighth-place Aberdeen.
