Tony Docherty hoping international break eases Aberdeen’s worries

Aberdeen assistant boss Tony Docherty hopes the forthcoming international break can see his sides injury problems start to ease but they now face suspension issues. The Dons had two men sent off during Saturdays 1-1 draw with Hibernian at Pittodrie. Curtis Main and Lewis Ferguson were both shown straight reds for fouls on Hibs midfielder Stevie Mallan, the formers sending-off coming shortly after Ryan Porteous had given the visitors the lead. Sam Cosgrove equalised late on for the home side before Ferguson was given his marching orders in injury time.Docherty said: Its frustrating that weve now got suspensions to deal with. I think Curtis Main has won the ball, and the Hibs players reaction has influenced the referee.With Lewis, its the same player. Ive only seen both incidents once, from the touchline, and I certainly wasnt looking for Lewis being sent off there.Were in real need of getting as many of the injuries back as we can. Hopefully this period of rest will allow these players to get back into contention. We have games against Celtic and Motherwell coming up so we need all we can.Hibs boss Paul Heckingbottom watched on as his side spurned the opportunity to put the game to bed, with Christian Doidge denied four times by Aberdeen goalkeeper Joe Lewis. But having reached the Betfred Cup semi-finals and drawn with Celtic last week, the Yorkshireman sees light at the end of the tunnel after a difficult start to the season which has seen speculation about his future.He said: Weve had spells in games where we werent strong enough and didnt stand up to things, and those are the bits weve been trying to stamp out of our game. Its the part of the game people dont get credit for.Weve done that. Weve maybe not got the points we deserved from the games, but thats what we expect every game.I cant fault how Christian is leading the line. You see the run he made against Celtic last week, and the chances today. Theyre all very similar which is what were after, but obviously we want to take the three points as well.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){

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