Jim Goodwin delighted Aberdeen will give their fans "a day out at Hampden"
Dons land League Cup semi-final against Rangers after beating Partick Thistle
Aberdeen will face Rangers in the League Cup semi-finals at Hampden following a 4-1 victory over Partick Thistle.
Jim Goodwin hailed his Dons for a job well done. They were 3-0 up at the break after Duk's goal, a Kevin Holt o.g. and a deflected Hayden Coulson strike..
Thistle pulled one back early in the second half through substitute Darren Brownlie, but Aberdeen teenager Ryan Duncan fired home five minutes from time to seal the win for the home side.
Goodwin said : "I was delighted to get into the position of having a three-goal advantage. The critics will analyse the second-half performance, but I'm not interested in over analysing that at the moment. The fact of the matter is we're in the draw.
"That was our objective before the game, and we're giving our fans a day out at Hampden.
"We're not satisfied with that - we can't be content with getting to the semi-final. We have to re-focus when that game comes around and give it our all to get to the final."
Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall said: "I thought Aberdeen thoroughly deserved to win. We looked OK going forward but we turned over the ball three times and were punished for it.
"It was a harsh lesson for us. I've said for many years that the top two or three in the Championship aren't a lot different from the bottom two or three in the Premiership. Aberdeen are a wee bit better than that just now.
"At 3-1, if we'd scored again I'd have liked to see what happened, but Saturday is the priority for us - we want to stay top of the league and have the chance to come here on a regular basis."