Aberdeen bounced back from their League Cup semi-final humbling to move ahead of Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership after a sizzling second-half showing at home to Dundee.
Ante Palaversa’s classy finish broke the deadlock at a sold-out Pittodrie, and within four minutes it was two when Topi Keskinen lashed the ball through the legs of Jon McCracken.
Dundee briefly rallied, and Simon Murray – who had a first-half penalty saved – glanced a header into the far corner.
However, their revival was doused just moments later when Vicente Besuijen – only on the pitch for just 42 seconds – raced onto a Kevin Nisbet through ball to finish.
And Nisbet added a late fourth himself, as his deflected shot evaded Jon McCracken.
Jimmy Thelin’s side – who suffered a first defeat of the campaign in losing 6-0 to Celtic in the League Cup semi-finals last weekend – were more like themselves as they extended their unbeaten league run to 11.
Dundee – the last team to beat Aberdeen in the league at Dens Park back in March – drop to seventh as their winless run at Pittodrie stretches to 16 games.