A Callum Hendry double gave St Johnstone a vital win in their Premiership relegation battle, while blowing a massive hole in Motherwell's chances of a top-six finish.The Steelmen led in 12 minutes through Kevin Van Veen's 10th goal of the season, but Hendry bulleted a header in to level 10 minutes later, and then bagged a vital winner inside stoppage time with a wonder-strike.This is a massive opportunity missed for Motherwell, who were in the middle of a congested mid-table position, and a win could have put them fourth in the table.
As it was, it moved St Johnstone four points clear of basement side Dundee, ahead of their match against Rangers tomorrow.The Steelmen may now need back-to-back wins over St Mirren and Livingston just to secure a top-six place.As it was, this looked like two struggling sides who aren't scoring a lot of goals at the moment.The first half was pretty even, with Motherwell maybe shading it, in terms of potential chances, but really both sides scored with the one moment of quality that they created during the 45 minutes.Van Veen put Motherwell ahead in 12 minutes with a stunning strike into the bottom corner, but Callum Hendry drew Saints level 10 minutes later.A scrappy first half continued into the second period, and there were few genuine moments of quality, right up until Hendry's brilliant strike.Saints' first-team coach Steven MacLean, deputising for Covid-hit boss Callum Davidson, made three changes to the side that drew 0-0 with Hibs on March 5, with Shaun Rooney, Murray Davidson and Nadir Ciftci starting in place of Tom Sang, Cammy MacPherson and Glenn Middleton.For influential Rooney, it was his first start since the 2-0 defeat at Motherwell on December 18.Motherwell boss Graham
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