Alexander Jensen reveals the Aberdeen secret that Jimmy Thelin unlocked to find scoring form again

Alexander Jensen reckons going direct has made Aberdeen more dangerous and has finally given them that all elusive cutting edge.

The Dons finally got firing as they shot past Dunfermline, thanks to goals from Pape Gueye, Jensen and Kevin Nisbet, to book their place in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals. It was Aberdeen’s first home win since November and their first goals at Pittodrie since January. Jensen revealed that Jimmy Thelin’s men had worked hard on adding that finishing touch and they finally came up trumps.

The Dane said: “I felt in the last two games in the league I had a good feeling. “We controlled the game on the pitch but we struggled in the last third to be really dangerous. “We had a lot of the ball and were passing too much around. “We spoke about how we had to be more direct and dangerous. “I think we did that very well on Sunday. “We did what we had talked about the whole week. “Of course, there are things you can do better and there were things we could improve but it was a step in the right direction.”

Aberdeen hadn’t won in 14 games in the Premiership and everyone of a Red persuasion will hope this will be a turning point and they can get back to winning ways at Dundee in the league this weekend.

Aberdeen’s lack of goals has been an issue and Jensen knew the turning point against Dunfermline was Gueye’s opener just before half-time. It gave Aberdeen and then Jensen netted at the other side of the break to kill off any hope of a Pars’ revival. Nisbet’s late strike put the cherry on top. Jensen claimed: “It was nice and nice with the victory, so it has been a great Sunday so far.

“It was great that we scored just before half-time. It gave us a lot of confidence and kept us going in the second half. We