Kelle Roos reveals Kevin Nisbet mind games behind Aberdeen penalty save that had one Hibs star 'squaring up' to him

Kelle Roos got in Kevin Nisbet’s head and now he wants to psyche out Aberdeen’s rivals in the fight for third place.

The Dutch keeper made a string of fine stops to hold rivals Hibs at bay and to keep the Dons five points clear in the battle to finish in the bronze-medal position. Hibs will be left wondering how they didn’t leave Pittodrie with the win. Roos was a major contributor to that and his big moment came when he managed to play mind games with Scotland striker Nisbet before he saved his second-half penalty.

“It is these ones that count,” he proudly claimed. “I saved one before at St Mirren but it was a different result and different celebration. It was pretty emotional, this one. I don’t want to give away too much if I’m honest. You are trying to make some territorial movements and I like to command my box with other players coming into my box.

“I was really nicey nicey to be fair, we just had a good chat (with Nisbet). I remember one of the other players squared up a little bit and I was ‘relax, we’re just having a chat’.

“I was happy to make the save. It is important that you stand on your line, make sure you are big and be clever. Today we had to work really hard and dig really deep to get a clean sheet, but I think me and the defenders deserve this one.”

Roos also claimed homework behind the scenes all helped Aberdeen to claim their share of the spoils. He explained: “We work really hard every week and with the goalkeeping department we will be buzzing off the first half where I get a little foot in and the ref has given it a goal-kick.

“That is not going to be the headline but that is what we work hard for every day. The penalty save also goes down to the other side, the side you don’t see as much. We