Barry Robson rages at Aberdeen for capitulating to Celtic as Dons boss 'won't accept' poor performance

Barry Robson was raging at Aberdeen’s capitulation against Celtic - but had to remind himself of what they’d already achieved this season.

The Dons gaffer was far from pleased with his side’s defending as they conceded five at Parkhead on the Hoops’ title party day. Kyogo and Oh grabbed doubles, along with a Carl Starfelt header as the champions dished out a drubbing. Robson says that kind of display WONT’ be accepted next term. But after his team secured third spot in the Premiership on Wednesday night, he refused to be too critical of his players.

He said: “I’m angry. But I think it looked like a game too far for us today. We’ve really squeezed what we could out of the group and after all the emotions of midweek, we got more tired as the game went on today. But it’s still a reminder to the players that I’ll not accept that. For as good as they’ve been and the praise they’ve had, next season we need to be better than that. It’s hard for me when the players have given me so much, they’ve been so good.

“But the game today, it did concern me a bit beforehand. You’ve got to give Celtic some credit. Their players turned up today. Ange has probably had a go at them and they’ve fired into gear against us.

“It’s really hard to come up against a team like Celtic, but we can still try and be as strong as we can be. As frustrated as I am right now and the way I am as a person - I’ve still got to remember how good they’ve been. I think the fans will remember that as well.”

Despite losing five, Robson absolved keeper Kelle Roos - who was at fault for Kyogo’s second goal - of any blame and claimed the Dutchman is the best in the Premiership.

He said: “Kelle, in my opinion, is the best goalkeeper in the league. He’s outstanding. So