3 talking points as Aberdeen sparked by Leighton Clarkson magic to sink St Johnstone
20.08.2022 - 19:47
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Leighton Clarkson unleashed another wonder strike as Aberdeen bounced back from their Motherwell misery to pick up three points in Perth.
The Liverpool loanee executed a perfect 25-yard free kick after 56 minutes to separate the sides in a game the Dons bossed for large spells. Clarkson is already producing his own catalogue of goal of the season contenders after his thunderbolt blew away St Mirren at Pittodrie a fortnight ago. And this one was every bit as spectacular as he bent a right footed effort high into the top corner right in front of the large travelling Red Army. Andy Considine took centre stage pre-match against the side he left in the summer after 18 years and 571 appearances.
And the big defender took less than 20 minutes to make his presence felt as he went in dangerously high on Vicente Besuijen to earn himself the first booking of the match. After a 15 minute delay to kick off for a medical emergency in the stand, the away side had started on the front foot. Besuijen found space on the right and his cross looked perfect for Bojan Miovski to attack but the frontman got his timing all wrong and fluffed the header.
Moments later the Dutchman attempted the acrobatic but his bicycle kick fell flat as the ball bobbled wide. The Dons were getting plenty of joy down the right flank though and thought they’d gone ahead after 10 minutes when Miovski headed home a Johnny Hayes cross only to have strayed offside in doing so.
It seemed a matter of time for the Macedonian to get it right and he was inches away from connecting with a perfectly weighted low ball into the box from Leighton Clarkson.
Saints were working the ball well into wide areas and Kelle Roos smothered a low drive from Daniel Phillips before Theo Bair
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