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Hayes grabs late draw for Aberdeen
- Updated: July 28, 2016
Jonny Hayes struck a late equaliser to grab a deserved 1-1 draw for Aberdeen against NK Maribor in the Europa League third qualifying round first-leg tie at Pittodrie on Thursday.
The Dons missed a glut of chances before being stunned by an 83rd-minute breakaway goal from Milivoje Novakovic, which gave the visitors the lead.
Hayes slotted home from 10 yards on 85 minutes, after good hold-up play from Adam Rooney, but Aberdeen have a tough ask to secure victory in Slovenia next week.
Maribor have knocked Hibernian, Rangers and Celtic out of European competition in the past six years – not losing any of the six legs – and reached the Champions League group stages courtesy of their victory over Ronny Deila’s side in 2014.
They will remain favourites to make it a fourth Scottish scalp following their away goal but they faced an early onslaught in front of 17,105 fans at Pittodrie, when Rooney, Jayden Stockley and Niall McGinn all came close inside the first three minutes.
Rooney was …
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