Alexander Briedl was on target in the penalty shootout as Aberdeen’s ten men saw off Kilmarnock to progress to the Premier Sports Cup semi-final. The Austrian midfielder believes the win can really ignite the Dons’ season.

“It could be very important. A win like this is always good, and we can take the positive things from this win to the next games. It was a very dramatic end, it was a good fight from our team, and in the end we won the penalty shootout and we are very happy to go to the semi-finals.

“We are a new team with a lot of new players, we have to find out about each other and I think this win is a turnaround for all of us, hopefully.

“When we go to ten men, I think to feel sorry for ourselves is never a solution, because the game is still going on, it was I think the 60th minute when we conceded the 1-1, and I think the team did very well from then. Also the fans, they pushed us a lot during the 120 minutes, and it was a win for all of us.

“I didn't actually know Marius was that good at penalty shootouts because I think they are the first penalties ever I saw with him, but we were lucky to have him in this form.

“At the end, I think there were a lot of emotions for all of us, it was crazy with the fans. I think today you can see they're behind us, they push us every game, and it's important for us.

“Now we play again on Tuesday. Motherwell will be a tough game, but I think after this win today we want to stay in the flow and take this into the international break. We want to get the maximum out of these games.”