Aberdeen player suffers head injury from chair seat thrown by fans
Jack MacKenzie, the Aberdeen defender, suffered a head injury when he was struck by a chair seat thrown during a pitch invasion.
MacKenzie, who was an unused substitute during his team's Scottish Premier League defeat at Dundee United, was on the pitch when home fans rushed on after their side denied Aberdeen fourth place.
It appears that the object that hit MacKenzie was thrown from an area that housed his own fans.
Jimmy Thelin, the Aberdeen manager, said that MacKenzie is 'ok but it's quite a bad injury'.
'This is unacceptable and can't happen,' Thelin added. 'We have to get all the facts of what actually happened. All we know is Jack got a really bad injury as a player doing his job. This cannot happen in this way.'
Jim Goodwin, the Dundee United manager, also condemned the incident.
'I deliberately took myself off the pitch as quickly as I could because we've had previous with the Aberdeen supporters,' Goodwin said. 'I'm really disappointed to hear young Jack has been hit by an object thrown by his own supporters. He's inside having stitches now, it's an absolute disgrace.
'It's probably taken something as serious as this to happen for the authorities to finally step in and do something about it to identify these idiots who let down a really good club.'
Dundee move into contention for Europe
Dundee United's 2-1 comeback win clinched fourth place and a European spot.
Aberdeen's Danish attacker Jeppe Okkels scored after 15 minutes. United levelled after 56 minutes through defender Declan Gallagher before loan striker Sam Dalby's penalty in the 62nd minute secured United fourth, which brings a potential Europa League qualifying place, although Aberdeen are able to swipe it back if they win the Scottish Cup against Celtic next week.
Goodwin added: 'Today's performance just pretty much summed up what this group have been all about all season.
'Numerous times throughout the campaign we've come from behind to win games and draw games. We've scored late winners throughout the course of the season.
'Today, the character was called into question again. At half-time, we were trailing and I thought the players were outstanding. They never stopped believing.'
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