'We're still second' - Graeme Shinnie sees no reason for Aberdeen panic as Doohan singled out for Celtic display praise

Graeme Shinnie insists things are still looking sound for second-placed Aberdeen and four in a woe is nowt to worry about.

The Dons lost 1-0 to Celtic at a storm-battered Pittodrie on Wednesday night as Brendan Rodgers' men stretched their lead at the top of the table to seven points with a game in hand. Jimmy Thelin’s side are now four games without a win but only two of those – on the road at St Mirren then the Hoops – have been defeats.

Now they’ll seek to return to winning ways when St Johnstone pitch up at Pittodrie in the league tomorrow. Skipper Shinnie said: “There’s no need to be worried anyway. We’re still second in the league. Of course, you have three tough away games in a week backed up with a home game against Celtic. If you individualise them, St Mirren wasn’t good enough, we know that. Hibs, we were 30 seconds to a minute away from winning that game.

“Bad defending cost us, so it was our own wrongdoing in that one. To be fair, the Hearts point was probably a fair result, so I can’t really complain about that. Wednesday was a tough one. We played well. They had the bulk of the ball but we were dangerous when we won it back on the turnover and in transition. We just didn’t do enough to get the ball in the net and that was a frustrating part.”

The 33-year-old reckons it was a close-run thing and the home side should have taken something off a Celtic outfit who netted with 12 minutes left. But it was a vast improvement on their 6-0 Premier Sports Cup semi-final shellacking against the Hoops a month ago.

Shinnie said: “It was one of those games where one goal was going to take it but we had some decent chances. They had the bulk of the possession but the shape of the team was good. We limited them to few