Jack MacKenzie returned to the side at Fir Park this afternoon and made his presence felt at both ends of the pitch, defending well and providing the assist for Duk’s winner. After the game he was full of praise for the Dons’ new striker.

“Duk has been brilliant for us. When he came, he was behind the rest of the boys in terms of his fitness but he’s worked hard to get to the right level and the last few weeks, he’s been unbelievable. If he keeps going like this, he’s going to have a hell of a season.

“He can have it to feet, he can go in behind, he can finish, he’s a real handful. He works really well with Bojan too, they’re getting a good understanding, so hopefully that will continue through the season.”

Victory at Motherwell sent Aberdeen third in the table but as Jack says, there’s still a lot of football to play this term.

“We’re not paying much attention to the table. It’s nice to be third because that’s where we’re looking to be come the end of the season, but there’s such a long way to go. We need to keep focused, we’ve got a big game at Ibrox next week, we need to find that consistency. We’ve done it over the last week with three important wins from three tough games, but momentum like that is really important and we have to keep it going if we want to achieve what we want this season.

“We’ve got goals in the side, we’ve got good options on the bench with Marley and Christian, and that always gives us a chance in games, even when we’ve been pegged back like today. We’ve improved this week defensively too, but obviously, we’re looking for more clean sheets.”