Chuffed Jim Goodwin claimed his first win as Aberdeen manager and then urged his players to restore even more pride by gatecrashing the top six.
The Dons claimed the victory at the fifth time of asking thanks to a penalty brace from Lewis Ferguson and another from Vicente Besuijen in their 3-1 win over Hibs.
Aberdeen are still 10th but two off the top six and four off fourth going into the final two games before the split.
Goodwin knows a club of Aberdeen’s stature shouldn’t be in this position but wants two wins and even a few favours if it guarantees a top half finish.
Goodwin said: “Two wins is the aim. I don’t want to think about four points being enough.
“I told the players beforehand we can’t affect what happened before today’s game - but we can have a real impact on how the season pans out.
“And I feel we can go some way to making amends and giving the supporters that bit of pride back in our team.
“If we go and win the next two games it will put us on 41 points which might just be enough but we’ll still need one or two favours.
“The top three teams have been the best teams in the country.
“But there has been a real lack of consistency from every other team in the league.
“A team of our size with the squad we have and the quality available to us shouldn’t be in this position.
“But we can put it right and restore some pride.”
Ferguson took his impressive tally for the season to 14.
Goodwin admitted “He does deserve special mention because it takes a lot of courage to step up there in front of a big crowd having missed your previous penalty.
“But he showed a lot of guts which is what you need at a club of this size, you need big characters, we speak about it all the time.
“The crowd here demands success and you have got to handle that and Lewis is the type of player who enjoys the big occasion, and he stepped up and dispatched the penalty kicks.
“No doubt people will talk about the sending off and the fact Hibs went down to ten men.
"But I thought 11 v 11 we were by far the better team. Hibs have had plaudits the last few months about how they are playing the game but I thought we completely dominated for large periods.”
