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I thought the goal was clearly Porteous fault. All he had to do was calmly kick the ball true in any direction.
He had another poor clearance in his own box in the second half which went 30 feet in the air but only 6ft forward. Fortunately nothing came of it.
I should also say he also had a load of great tackles, clearances and defensive headers and set up Boyle for the 1st goal.

As for the passback incident, putting that at McGregors door. Daz also had two far worse pass backs against Aberdeen recently and has been sent off twice in a handful of appearances. One of my favourite players but all the evidence tells me he should have retired from playing in the summer. It comes to every player even great ones like him.
I agree that Porto's general play was brilliant, particularly in the air he was commanding. It wasn't him that set up the first goal though it was an intentional chested backpass by Tavernier and he wasn't under any particular pressure. Ballgoun goes down easily under pressure from Porto in front of him, but the ball is nowhere near either of them. The assist was a beautiful bit of skill by Tavernier

On the backpass issue, Macey lifted his hand and was ready to bat the ball off the line if it hadn't hit the post...that would have been a free kick for a pass back, but not a goal.