Hearts 3, Motherwell 2: Ten-man Hearts leave it late to dump Motherwell

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Lawrence Shankland was the hero as 10-man Hearts squeezed past Motherwell at Tynecastle.Andy Halliday had helped himself to a goal either side of half-time, despite Jorge Grant being shown a straight red card in 38 minutes.But Louis Moult earned and scored a penalty on the hour-mark and Spittal smashed in Stuart McKinstry's cut-back to draw Motherwell level with 11 minutes left.It looked like Motherwell were going to escape with a point, but a late penalty for hand-ball saw Shankland bury the winner.The Steelmen thought they had made quite a stirring fight-back, with Kevin van Veen being denied an earlier equaliser by an offside flag, which VAR confirmed.The Jambos were reduced to 10 men seven minutes from the interval when Grant was shown a straight red for a crude challenge on Callum Slattery.But the hosts took the lead right on the stroke of half-time when Andy Halliday headed in a Robert Snodgrass corner.That was slightly harsh on a Motherwell side that had chances in the first half, with Kevin van Veen twice smashing a shot past the right post when he should have done better.To be fair, Hearts had two good chances through Lawrence Shankland and Cammy Devlin before bagging their goal, with Liam Kelly making smart saves on both occasions.But Halliday helped himself to a second with a simple side-foot, and Hearts were seemingly in the driving seat.However, already-booked Craig Gordon took sub Louis Moult out of the game in 59 minutes to hand Motherwell a penalty, which the striker scored, and Kevin van Veen had a strike ruled out for offside shortly afterwards.And McKinstry's cross was slammed into the net by Spittal to level in 79 minutes.However, Shankland had the last say for the Jambos.Hearts boss Robbie Neilson