Dundee manager Neil McCann bemoaned “criminal” finishing and “shocking” defending after his side bowed out of the William Hill Scottish Cup with a 2-0 home defeat by Motherwell.
Goalkeeper Elliott Parish had a day to forget after letting Craig Tanner’s volley slip underneath his body half an hour in and making a poor decision with the game in the balance in the 56th minute.
Parish rushed off his line just as Kevin Holt headed Carl McHugh’s hopeful ball over the top back towards goal under pressure from Curtis Main, who claimed the goal himself.
But McCann was equally frustrated about his side’s wastefulness in front of goal with Sofien Moussa alone missing a handful of chances, although he did force one excellent stop from Trevor Carson.
McCann said: “When you look at the chances we missed, I’m not just going to hang out the defence and the goalkeeper. I probably counted six or seven, I would say 100 per cent chances – free headers, balls bouncing in the box, no composure, not making Carson work, which is criminal.
“And the goals we have lost are shocking – gifts to Motherwell. Because outside those goals, yeah, they had some decent areas on the counter-attack but I wouldn’t say they looked overly dangerous to us.
“But when you miss those types of chances and cough up goals like that, how can you come in here and say you were unlucky? We weren’t, it’s just wasteful in front of goal and it’s weak in defence.”
