STEPHEN Glass reckons Aberdeen were the victims of their own success after falling to a 2-0 defeat to BK Hacken.

The Dons boss believes his side gave the Swedish side nothing to fear after the 5-1 demolition at Pittodrie last week.

And while he conceded the match did turn frantic in the closing stages with the aggregate lead narrowed to 5-3, Glass insists nerves didn’t creep in.

"I don't think it got to the stage of nervy but it was a bit more frantic at the end than we would have liked," he said.

"We had chances in the first half that would've killed it. I think what you saw tonight was a Hacken team playing carefree and any team playing like that can be dangerous.

“That shows the level of performance we put in last week and how impressive a result it was.

"In essence we were a victim of our own success last week. You give a team a chance to play carefree, they had absolutely nothing to lose.”

Glass, whose side will now play Iceland’s Breidablik in the next qualifying round, also says the result just shows how impressive Aberdeen were in the first leg.

He told the BBC: "It was a dangerous game. We didn't annihilate them in the first leg, we were fantastic against a good team and they showed what they're capable of tonight.

"When it was 50/50 in front of our fans at Pittodrie we showed what we were all about."