Kilmarnock 3-2 Dundee: Analysis
All words that McInnes used pre-game to describe his team in the last few weeks.
For much of this game, they showed that again. Quite happy to let Dundee have the ball, they soaked up pressure and then hit on the counter - almost to devastating effect.
They could have been more clinical in front of goal - looking at you, Bruce Anderson - but they made up for that with their threat from the set-piece.
However, matches between these two are never so simple and they had to show a lot of fight to hold off the wave of Dundee momentum at the end.
How will these players cope, if McInnes is to go? This is his team, built in his image. Big, strong, Kilmarnock who have finally started to stand tall at the right time.
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