The Aberdeen manager was bristling after the result but spoke passionately about his desire to sort out the club's erratic form.

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Murray served for a two-set lead at one stage but fortunes shifted wildly as erratic form and injury problems saw both men take and lose the initiative.

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Despite their erratic league form, Labbadia had led his troops to the verge of a European final.

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