Aberdeen’s winning streak cannot last forever, but Jimmy Thelin’s side are riding the crest of a “feel-good” wave, according to The Scotsman’s sport editor Mark Atkinson.

The Dons came from behind to beat Hearts 3-2 at Pittodrie on Sunday, with Ante Palaversa’s late winner making it 13 consecutive wins to start the season.

Aberdeen are second in the Scottish Premiership, only behind Celtic on goal difference.

“There’s so much feel-good factor at Aberdeen right now and they are loving life under Thelin,” Atkinson told the BBC’s Scottish Football Podcast.

“I think they also know that at some point it’s going to come to an end, and especially the performance yesterday, I think better teams and more confident teams would have taken something off them.

“But to be in the position they are at the moment, top with Celtic, a 100% record, it’s beyond the club’s wildest dreams.”

Hearts spurned several good chances in the game, and Atkinson believes the Pittodrie crowd pushed Aberdeen over the line.

“[Hearts] really deserved something from that match but when winning becomes a habit you just keep going, and Aberdeen responded really well to going 2-1 down,” Atkinson said.

“The crowd got right behind them and then when Hearts went down to 10 men and when Duk came on they just went for it.

“Sometimes you just know in a football stadium that a team is going to score and it felt like that winning Aberdeen goal was coming.”