Aberdeen came from behind to beat Partick Thistle and denied John Lambie a clean sweep against the Dons in his final season in charge of the Jags.

Thistle had beaten Steve Paterson's men three times already this season and were in a good position to make it four, until Scotland squad goalkeeper Kenny Arthur made a serious mistake and allowed Leigh Hinds to steal the ball off his toe and score the equaliser.

Aberdeen then added a second when Phil McGuire was on hand to bundle the ball into the net from six yards after Paul Sheerin's shot was blocked.

Thistle had taken the lead in the first half through Alex Burns after he was bundled over in the box by Steve Tosh.

There was precious little in the way of real goalmouth action during the 90 minutes as both sets of players contributed plenty of endeavour, but little in terms of skill.

The Jags stunned their hosts in the 17th minute when, after rarely threatening in the first quarter hour they were awarded a penalty kick by referee Craig Thomson.

McGuire misjudged a header inside the area and the ball broke free towards Burns, who managed to steal a yard on Tosh.

The former St Johnstone man was unable to reach the ball in time and appeared to knock Burns to the floor, leaving the referee no option but to point to the spot.

Burns himself took the spot kick, sending Peter Kjaer the wrong way before delicately knocking the ball into the bottom left hand corner.

The goal did little to enhance the quality of the first 45 minutes, with neither side able to get a firm hold on the match and possession was all too easily surrendered.

Both goalkeepers were virtually untroubled, save for a 25-yard Hinds shot that skimmed off the turf to cause Arthur some concern for a moment before it spun wide.

The second half however, started with more vigour and the Dons found themselves back level after only 60 seconds of play thanks to a horrendous error by goalkeeper Arthur.

Alan Archibald's attempt to clear his lines was chased down by Darren Mackie but the ball rolled towards the goalkeeper, who appeared to have the simple task of firing the ball to safety.

However, in an attempt to get to the ball before Hinds, he ran past it and allowed the striker to steal it off his toe and advance a few paces before gratefully knocking it into the empty net.

The Dons doubled their advantage 13 minutes later when McGuire intelligently followed in after a Sheerin shot from the edge of the area and was able to bundle the ball over the line after it came to a stop inside the six-yard box.

That was it in terms of goalmouth action, with the Dons ending the match comfortably, and preventing Partick adding to their hat-trick of victories.

Teams

Aberdeen: Kjaer, Anderson (Payne 15), Deloumeaux, McGuire, McNaughton, Tosh, Tiernan, Sheerin, Morrison, Mackie (Foster 82), Hinds.

Subs Not Used: Preece, Clark, Souter.

Booked: Tosh, McGuire.

Goals: Hinds 46, McGuire 60.

Partick: Arthur, Craigan, Whyte, Archibald, Lilley, Mitchell, Rowson (Fleming 73), Buchan, Ross (Waddell 79), Burns, Britton (Hardie 69).

Subs Not Used: Budinauckas, Gibson.

Goals: Burns 17 pen.

Att: 9,960

Ref: C Thomson (Scotland).