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St Mirren's European dream ends at Pittodrie as Aberdeen cruise to victory after Thierry Small red card

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St Mirren's European dream came to a painful end at Pittodrie after a damaging defeat at the hands of Aberdeen.The Buddies travelled to Pittodrie last night knowing a win could have potentially seen them leapfrog Hibs into fourth spot.But a poor first half saw the Buddies trailing by two at half-time, Leighton Clarkson's free-kick breaking the deadlock before Graeme Shinnie nodded the hosts further in front.The goals sandwiched a reckless red card for Saints defender Thierry Small, his second dismissal in four appearances, for a terrible tackle on Bojan Miovski that saw the Dons defender leave on a stretcher.Shinnie rubbed salt in the wounds early in the second half when he bagged his brace with a cool finish that effectively put the result to bed.The defeat left the Paisley club relying on Celtic doing them a favour by beating Hibs at Easter Road, meaning Stephen Robinson's side would have remained just two points behind the capital club who sit in fifth.But Lee Johnson's men staged a comeback 4-2 win against the 10-man champions in Leith, leaving the Buddies in sixth spot whatever their result against Rangers this Saturday.Curtis Main crucially passed a late fitness test to lead the line for the visitors, with strike partner Alex Greive missing out altogether.Aberdeen were boosted by the return of three key players, with Duk Lopes and Ross McCrorie back from injury and skipper Shinnie available after a four-game suspension.Ryan Strain threaded a ball through in the early stages that almost slipped Main in one-on-one.

Dons keeper Kelle Roos was quick off his line to snuff out the danger.After a quiet opening quarter of an hour a misplaced Greg Kiltie pass sent Jonny Hayes tearing through on goal.

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