St Johnstone 1, Motherwell 2: Well snatch a win at the death
dailyrecord.co.ukSuper-sub Moses Ebiye was the hero as Motherwell snatched a win at the death against St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.Ebiye's header was the difference, after Benji Kimpioka had cancelled out Dan Casey's early opener.Over the piece it was probably just about a fair result, as Motherwell had 'goals' from Andy Halliday and Tony Watt disallowed.Dan Casey put Motherwell on their way after just 11 minutes and it was a lead that was just about deserved, with Andy Halliday having a goal chalked off for offside, and Lennon Miller curling a shot round the left post.Benji Kimpioka had a shot well blocked by Motherwell keeper Aston Oxborough, but that was all Saints really had to show for their efforts.Motherwell started the second half well, but with little to show for their efforts, and sub Makenzie Kirk set up St Johnstone's leveller 60 seconds after coming on for Nicky Clark.But Ebiye headed in the winner late in stoppage time.Saints boss Craig Levein made three changes to the side that lost 2-0 to Dundee United last time out.
Goalkeeper Ross Sinclair replaced Josh Rae (who was out of the squad entirely), while Cammy MacPherson and Nicky Clark came in for Graham Carey and Adama Sidebeh, who sits out the first of his four-match suspension following a double red card.His Motherwell counterpart Stuart Kettlewell kept faith with the same side that beat Hearts 3-1 last Sunday.
Blackburn Rovers loan signing Jack Vale was on the bench, but no place for Jair Tavares, who also came in on loan from Hibs on Friday.A trip on Dan Casey by Aaron Essel resulted in an early VAR from referee Iain Snedden, but after a three-minute delay, waved play on.Andy Halliday's corner from the right was then tipped over by Sinclair in 10 minutes.His second
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