Tony Docherty takes swipe at pivotal Hearts free kick award...

Tony Docherty criticizes a crucial Jambos free kick and says he could only have imagined Dundee winning the Scottish Cup versus Hearts.

Neil Critchley’s team won the quarterfinal match 3-1 when Joe Shaugnessy’s header in the second half was neutralized by a double

from Sander Kartum and an own goal from Simon Murray. After Shaughnessy’s header put Dundee ahead, Oluwaseun Adewumi

struck the crossbar at the end of the first half.

As Hearts’ influence increased, Kabangu then earned a foul in the Dundee half. Murray then flicked it past his own goalkeeper Trevor

Carson, and Kartum subsequently scored his second of the evening. Dens Park manager Docherty is irritated by the second Jambos

goal, but Hearts also squandered opportunities that could have turned the game into a landslide.

Kabangu, who questioned the award, fell down pretty quickly, according to the Dundee coach. “I was disappointed by the first-half

performance,” he remarked. I wanted the players to be more courageous and more adept with the ball. I challenged them at halftime

because I felt we lost possession too frequently and struggled to hold onto it.

I expressed my desire to avoid losing a cup to a team that is passive and lacks aggression in both pressing and passing. When I pushed

them at halftime, I believed they showed their courage and that side of themselves in the second half, and I believed we got Hearts

right where we wanted them. We got the goal back with the real impetus.

“I think we had them at that point, and I thought the crowd was amazing, almost sucking the ball into that goal.” That’s precisely

where I wanted it to be and where I thought the game would be. Then there are gam moments. I believe we have a few breakaways, and

one in particular is where we should just insert Adewumi. In my opinion, it would win the game.

However, these situations are crucial, and as a result, I don’t believe it’s a free kick. I’ve witnessed its return. Kabangu, in my opinion,

goes down quite easy, but the ball enters a zone, gets touched by my man in the front, and I’m directly behind it. I see it entering. I am

dissatisfied.

It will help us in the nine cup finals we have coming up if my team exhibits the bravery I have witnessed in getting us back into the

game and, as I say, getting Hearts right where we wanted them in a cup tie. However, I can’t deny how deeply dissatisfied I am. That

was not what I had in mind. All I’ve witnessed is us winning a cup.

“I would have been furious if we had continued with the performance in the first half, but I felt we did enough to put us back in that

position. As I mentioned before, we get them precisely where we want them, but then we go ahead and exploit it, and regrettably, it

worked the other way.

Tony Docherty takes swipe at pivotal Hearts free kick award as Dundee boss makes claim over Jambos star