Jonny Hayes admitted he was deeply embarrassed after Aberdeen’s devastating defeat to Dundee United.
The Dons arrived at Tannadice in a confident mood after beating Kilmarnock 4-1 the previous weekend while the Tangerines were bottom of the Premiership table without a league victory to their name so far this season.
Aberdeen were also roared on by a 4,000-strong vocal away support in a bumper 11,000 crowd.
However, the Dons gave themselves a mountain to climb when they conceded two quickfire goals just before half-time with Aziz Behich and Tony Watt netting for the home side.
The away fans would have been hoping for a big response after the break but instead, Aberdeen were undone by a Jamie McGrath penalty with their misery made complete by a late Ross McCrorie own goal.
Now, Hayes is determined to try to work out exactly what went wrong to ensure there is no repeat of the humiliating horror show.
The 35-year-old said: “I feel dejected to be honest. It feels quite raw but I’m embarrassed at that performance in the first half.
“We let a lot of people down – lastly ourselves.
“Before that, we let a big travelling support down, everybody who supports the football club, the manager... I’m just embarrassed.
“I can’t put my finger on what went wrong. I’ve said before in years gone by that sometimes you get a performance like that out of the blue. Nothing goes right for you.
“Individually and collectively we were poor, really poor.”
