Stephen Glass insists Aberdeen's losing streak isn't a result of playing 'too wide open'.
Some critics and pundits have rounded on the struggling Dons side, insisting they are taking too many risks with their new style of play and are not putting enough emphasis on being solid defensively.
With today's loss to Celtic their fourth on the spin in the Premiership, Glass is adamant the defeat was a result of his inexperienced young defenders making individual errors and not the overall style of his stuttering side.
He told BBC Sportsound: "I think first half we weren't quite at our best and didn't get the pressure right.
"Second half there was a response which is important. We showed some belief. We got undone by a couple of mistakes.
"I don't think the style of play is what cost us the game today. We didn't defend the initial situations leading to the goals well enough.
"For the first it was a quick throw-in because young Jack (MacKenzie) tries to take a touch and it pops out. We know they do quick restarts a lot and the situation could be dealt with better in the middle of the park.
"People who have got a lot to say will say we got cut open for the second. If you actually look at it back Calvin (Ramsay) is a little bit narrow. He's in protecting the box.
"Then Jack gets caught by the winger coming in. Again, it's mistakes from young players, but it's not us being too wide open and being cut open.
"It's easy to point at that, but I don't think that's the situation.
"We are concerned we're not getting more points on the board. It's important we keep trying to make it right."
Aberdeen were well in this afternoon's clash with the Hoops and almost took the lead after Lewis Ferguson's equaliser when Jonny Hayes long-range effort was well-saved by Joe Hart.
The Dons were hit hard when skipper Scott Brown was forced off with cramp, with Glass admitting losing the former Celtic legend at such a pivotal moment in the game was a blow.
He said: "Scott was cramping up. In a game like this you'd never take him off, but the pitch has been a wee bit softer than it has been so he was cramping up.
"That was the only reason he came off the park."
