Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin claimed they cannot slump any lower after a 2-0 defeat by Dundee United left them bottom of the Premiership table without a goal in five matches.

Thelin has told his players they now have “nothing to lose” when they travel to Motherwell on Saturday, seven days after being knocked out of the League Cup by the Steelmen.

The Swede had called for his players to do the fundamentals better but they lost goals to Ivan Dolcek and Bert Esselink either side of half-time after failing to deal with two aerial balls.

After facing the anger of the visiting fans after the game, Thelin said: “We feel the same, we feel anger, we feel frustration. But the only way to fix this is to step up and do much, much, much better on Saturday.

“You can’t hide. Towards the end some pla

See Full Page