KILMARNOCK recorded their first win over Aberdeen at Rugby Park in no fewer than 11 years tonight to leapfrog Motherwell in to ninth place the cinch Premiership table as their opponents slumped to their fourth consecutive defeat and surrendered third spot to Hearts.
Derek McInnes’s men were well worth the victory; they dominated from kick-off against Jim Goodwin’s out-of-sorts charges and forged two ahead in the first-half thanks to goals from Scott Robinson and Joe Wright.
Matty Kennedy pulled one back in injury-time. But Ash Taylor and his team mates held on to pick up all three points and take a small step closer to safety. Here are three things which we learned from events in Ayrshire.