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Toyosi Olusanya's 97th-minute winner completed a remarkable turnaround in PaisleyA sensational stoppage-time double denied Neil Warnock his first Scottish Premiership victory as St Mirren fought back to extend Aberdeen's winless league run to 10 games.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino, in Scotland for an Ifab meeting, watched the bedlam from the stand in Paisley as Mark O'Hara's 96th-minute penalty was followed almost instantly by Toyosi Olusanya's incredible winner.
Warnock looked set to earn a maiden league win with his new club thanks to a 25-yard wonder goal from Connor Barron, scored after just 59 seconds.
But a remarkable late collapse heightens relegation fears for the Dons, who drop to 10th and remain just four points above second-bottom Ross County.
St Mirren players, staff and their fans celebrated wildly, with the victory meaning they leapfrog Kilmarnock into fourth.
In contrast to recent games, Aberdeen were much improved but were still vulnerable from direct balls in the first half as St Mirren hit the woodwork twice.
Scott Tanser's header was tipped on to the near post by visiting goalkeeper Kelle Roos before Lewis Jamieson's superb first-time volley clipped the crossbar.
The away side attempted to add to their lead with strikes from Luis 'Duk' Lopes and Junior Hoilett, both prompting smart Zach Hemming saves from tight angles.
Failure to score a second after the break looked immaterial as they seemed sound at the back. That was until the 96th minute.
Initially given as a free-kick before the VAR intervened, substitute Olusanya nipped in front of Nicky Devlin to win a penalty which was smashed in low to the left by O'Hara.
And no more than 88 seconds later, St Mirren were celebrating a scarcely believable second when Mikael Mandron's back-post header found Olusanya to poke into the roof of the net.
Player of the match - Toyosi Olusyana
Won the penalty, scored the winner - a complete game-changer for St MirrenWhat's next?
Aberdeen are in Scottish Cup action next Saturday (12:15 GMT) as they host Kilmarnock live on the BBC. St Mirren have the weekend off before travelling to Rugby Park on 16 March (15:00).
More to follow.
Line-ups
St Mirren
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Hemming
- 2BoltonSubstituted forTaylorat 81'minutes
- 13GogicBooked at 90mins
- 22Fraser
- 42BwomonoSubstituted forMcMenaminat 61'minutes
- 16Kwon
- 15Boyd-MunceSubstituted forO'Haraat 81'minutes
- 3Tanser
- 24JamiesonSubstituted forOlusanyaat 45'minutes
- 9Mandron
- 11KiltieSubstituted forAyungaat 62'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Taylor
- 6O'Hara
- 7Ayunga
- 10McMenamin
- 14Scott
- 18Dunne
- 20Olusanya
- 21Brown
- 27Urminsky
Aberdeen
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 24Roos
- 2DevlinBooked at 90mins
- 6Gartenmann
- 27MacDonald
- 5Jensen
- 8Barron
- 4ShinnieBooked at 87mins
- 11Henriques de Barros LopesSubstituted forMcGarryat 64'minutesBooked at 71mins
- 18Phillips
- 30HoilettSubstituted forMcGrathat 63'minutes
- 9MiovskiBooked at 45mins
Substitutes
- 7McGrath
- 10Clarkson
- 15McGarry
- 17Hayes
- 19Sokler
- 21Polvara
- 23Duncan
- 28Milne
- 31Doohan
Referee:Nick Walsh
Attendance:7,019
Live Text
Match ends, St. Mirren 2, Aberdeen 1.
Second Half ends, St. Mirren 2, Aberdeen 1.
Offside, Aberdeen. Bojan Miovski is caught offside.
Goal! St. Mirren 2, Aberdeen 1. Toyosi Olusanya (St. Mirren) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mikael Mandron with a headed pass.
Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! St. Mirren 1, Aberdeen 1. Mark O'Hara (St. Mirren) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Alex Gogic (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card.
VAR Decision: Penalty St. Mirren.
Penalty St. Mirren. Toyosi Olusanya draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen) after a foul in the penalty area.
Foul by Alex Gogic (St. Mirren).
Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark O'Hara (St. Mirren).
Killian Phillips (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jonah Ayunga (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen).
Marcus Fraser (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James McGarry (Aberdeen).
Substitution, St. Mirren. Richard Taylor replaces James Bolton.
Player of the match
OlusanyaToyosi Olusanya
with an average of 7.67
St Mirren
Squad number20Player nameOlusanya
Squad number6Player nameO'Hara
Squad number7Player nameAyunga
Squad number10Player nameMcMenamin
Squad number5Player nameTaylor
Squad number13Player nameGogic
Squad number1Player nameHemming
Squad number16Player nameKwon Hyeok-Kyu
Squad number2Player nameBolton
Squad number42Player nameBwomono
Squad number11Player nameKiltie
Squad number9Player nameMandron
Squad number3Player nameTanser
Squad number22Player nameFraser
Squad number15Player nameBoyd-Munce
Squad number24Player nameJamieson
Aberdeen
Squad number8Player nameBarron
Squad number9Player nameMiovski
Squad number27Player nameMacDonald
Squad number4Player nameShinnie
Squad number30Player nameHoilett
Squad number11Player nameDuk
Squad number18Player namePhillips
Squad number24Player nameRoos
Squad number5Player nameJensen
Squad number6Player nameGartenmann
Squad number2Player nameDevlin
Squad number7Player nameMcGrath
Squad number15Player nameMcGarry
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