Dundee United cast aside their indifferent league form to negotiate what turned out to be a particularly tricky passage into the fifth round of the William Hill Scottish Cup, the Championship promotion contenders eventually overcoming an impressive Alloa side.
United manager Csaba Lazslo revealed afterwards that his interval team talk had been necessarily vocal.
“I was very loud in the dressing room at half-time” he said, “I told the players I wanted to see more spirit from them and that they needed to do more. I think we deserve to be in the next round. Two goals, clean sheet, job done.”
The game almost began in sensational fashion with Alloa coming close after only 40 seconds, Jordan Kirkpatrick unaccountably sending the ball over Harry Lewis’s