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00:00From Steven Robinson at the break, so not sitting back,
00:05he has to make the alterations to change the course of this game or to attempt to do so.
00:12So Roland Sudowu, Conor McMenamin and Jacob Devaney are the three that make way,
00:19and coming on Mikkel Mandron, Keanu Bacchus and Marcus Fraser.
00:24So Bacchus back from ten weeks out, straight away though, here goes Saeed.
00:33Mullerwell looking to pick up where they left off in that first half.
00:38Well they're not just for it, and it's just in that little bit of space killing St Mirren.
00:49Saeed just comes off the midfielder.
00:54And then St Mirren get the goal kick, and they're just looking to adjust to those changes.
01:01Well you're expecting a reaction from St Mirren, you can see as soon as that ball was in the backline,
01:07St Mirren were going and trying to press them.
01:10Paul McGinn slides a lovely ball right through the St Mirren team into Elijah Just's feet,
01:17and then it's trouble, real trouble for St Mirren then on.
01:27There's Priestman under just a slight brush of pressure.
01:35It will be St Mirren back to their usual defensive three of Fraser, Gogic and Freckleton,
01:42a system that can work so well for them, but here goes Elijah Just, he's had far too much freedom
01:49in the game so far, and he's managed to hurt St Mirren, here's Masuanise.
02:01Now O'Donnell, he's got two runners in the middle, it's Fraser who gets the touch clear.
02:11For me one of the most impressive things about Motherwell, and there's a lot of them,
02:15it's just the composure, even when they're under real pressure, and we've seen it,
02:21teams have tried to apply serious pressure to them, thinking okay they want to pop it about from the back,
02:27we'll get right up on top of them, and they don't panic, and they build the game.
02:34Justin, Fraser again, he's going to come straight back at them, he's getting an early indication
02:39of just what this Motherwell attack is like, Priestman coming in, this time it's Gogic to steer it clear.
02:46And they keep getting into those areas, Rory, in controlled fashion.
02:51Ron St Mirren cannot get a kick right now, other than just to clear their lines, they will have a
02:57throw in, at least.
03:01You know, and Steven Robinson would have been in the changing room at half-time there,
03:05emphasizing the importance of a bright start for St Mirren, to get up in contact with their opponent,
03:12to put them under pressure and try to disrupt the flow of Motherwell, but you can already see in the
03:18first three minutes, it feels like it's a repeating theme of the first half, St Mirren giving the ball away,
03:25and Motherwell looking at the fluid best.
03:30This time it's Fraser to take it away from Masuanise, up to Jake Young,
03:37and Just is going to get away though.
03:42Saeed gets the shot away, oh, it's gone through!
03:46And Motherwell do continue their rise!
03:54A quick start to the second half,
03:58singing in the rain, the Motherwell supporters,
04:03Ibrahim Saeed dancing with delight, the Nigerian makes it 3-0,
04:10but this I think is one that Shemal George will not want to see again.
04:18I don't think there's any doubt, the goalkeeper will be bitterly disappointed with this,
04:22but look, hunting and packs again, winning that ball in the middle of the park, look at the runs,
04:27the options, it's a little bit fortuitous, it deflects into Saeed's path here,
04:33and the goalkeeper, that's a huge mistake from Shemal George,
04:39deflects off of Fraser as well,
04:43but it's that desire and that will from Motherwell to get forward,
04:48to attack, they've got so many bodies in there applying pressure on the backline of St Mirren that they've buckled...
04:59..shemal George, so a bad one, and Steven Robinson will be pondering what on earth he can do to try
05:09to reverse...
05:12and the man drawn back for O'Hara now, Bacchus.
05:20Fraser.
05:22And with King, not to just clip the hand of Longalloy,
05:26didn't know much about it though, and Richard King...
05:30thought they should have had a free kick.
05:38You heard Jens Bertolescu talking beforehand about how...
05:45not a case of...
05:48trying to get a reaction from the disappointment during the week,
05:53it's about just continuing that desire to...
05:56to win every game they're involved in and to keep doing the positive things that they do.
06:02Well, you've got to say, it's been pretty positive and impressive today.
06:08King's throwing takes a bounce in the area, there's Mandron.
06:12I think that's a very important point to make about this Motherwell side,
06:17because even when things...
06:19weren't quite going their way in the early stage of the season,
06:22there's a man going down, off the ball here, it's Callum Slattery.
06:30And there was certainly a long way away from the ball.
06:42Is he and Richard King going back together?
06:49No.
06:51That's embarrassing.
06:55He's just sent Richard King off.
06:58Come on.
07:00Come on.
07:04Well, I'm not being funny.
07:07The referee, he can't...
07:10I need to see the replay again, but I'm pretty sure he won't have seen that.
07:14It's off the ball.
07:15And if it was, why did he not do anything about it at the time?
07:20Well, Richard King showed a straight red card as Alex Gogic was in the first half.
07:28King is standing his ground right now.
07:31He certainly...
07:31You can't raise your hands.
07:37Well, you can see, the referee does not see that.
07:41So why is the referee...
07:44No, I'm sorry, but they've made a mess of this again.
07:47Well, unless the communication has come from his assistant.
07:49Well, I'm sorry, I don't think anybody has seen that.
07:54And I don't think he's trying to shake off Calum Slattery, who's grabbing his arm.
08:01They think he's holding him back, he's spun round, and he's trying to shake off.
08:06That is not a red card.
08:09They're thinking that he's hit him in the face there.
08:11And to me, he's trying to hit Slattery's hand away that he's grabbed and pulled him back with.
08:17I think yet again, for me, the officials have made a mess of that.
08:22And VAR are agreeing that there's a violent action towards his face.
08:27Come on.
08:29Well, VAR has confirmed it, Samaran, three down, and down to ten men.
08:35That is the nightmare scenario for Steven Robinson.
08:44You're absolutely right, though.
08:48Calum Scott's back was turned to that incident,
08:51so it must have been the nearside linesman to us here that has had an angle of that.
08:59But again, I just don't see that incident the same as the officials there.
09:04Slattery's pulling his arm, holding him back, and he's trying to shake him off there.
09:10There's a longer load for Watts just now.
09:17He switches it inside, Freckleton stabs it clear, but you would expect that this is going to be one-way
09:23traffic.
09:25Although it has been for really much of the 54 minutes up until now.
09:33I just think that all too often we're seeing too many players sent off for, you know,
09:39incidents that are negligible.
09:44He's not punched him in the face, he's not hit him in the face, you know,
09:46but at best he's perhaps clipped an eyelash there when he's trying to shake his arm away.
09:59That's why he's swinging his arm down.
10:01But you can't raise an arm to the face.
10:04I don't think he has raised an arm to his face, Rory.
10:07I think he's swung his arm down on Slattery's arm that was pulling him back.
10:12He's trying to shake Slattery's arm away.
10:15That's the way I've seen the incident.
10:17I may well be wrong.
10:19And certainly I'm sure it'll be difficult to get an angle of anything closer.
10:25I know they're working hard in the trucks to try and find one, but with the ball being so far
10:29away,
10:30everyone's eyes are elsewhere and Caleb Slattery just fell to the floor.
10:36But again, I just feel like we're in a world now where the officials are just too eager to be
10:43sending players off.
10:45Fans don't want to be seeing 10 v 11, 10 v 9.
10:50Or does it come from a fear of missing something?
10:54Maybe it just comes from bad officials.
10:56Maybe it just comes from bad officials.
10:58Well, Samirin have this free kick, headed away by O'Donnell.
11:08Back for Fraser.
11:14It's over the top of Freckleton and will bounce off the slick surface.
11:20Remember, this is a Motherwell side who have recorded 11 clean sheets in their last 14 in the Premiership.
11:29They conceded three goals in that time.
11:31That's the fewest over 14 games in the division since Rangers managed the same three goals conceded in 14 games
11:39between October 2020 and January 2021.
11:50So not only are they free-flowing and deadly going forward, they're rock solid at the back as well.
11:58And they're playing against ten men, they've got a three-goal lead.
12:07And this is a side who, in terms of their budget, will be comfortable in the bottom six for budgets.
12:18But the way they're performing, they're performing as well as any team in this division.
12:23They're comparable with the biggest sites, the biggest budgets.
12:27And you've got to give them huge credit for that.
12:31This isn't just a plucky underdog story.
12:35This is a story of a side that's been assembled and put together that are playing some of the best
12:40football we've seen.
12:42This is a story of a side that's been played in the game.
12:43Elliot walked on to Priestman, it's that little reverse ball, Saeed picks up.
12:50Longolo in from Slattery, just with the quick spin.
12:59Longolo, Saeed, Priestman, Longolo goes for the return!
13:04Foss is in number four, but the flag is up on the far side.
13:09And once again it's sensational build-up from Motherwell, but there is a flag to deny them this time.
13:18There's some about a showreel football going on here, isn't there?
13:22One-twos galore in and around the box.
13:24Yeah, you can see there, that looks...
13:26Oh, well, I'll tell you what, maybe.
13:30Is that... who's that on the far side?
13:33It's not Declan John, but over on the far side...
13:38It might have been Marcus Fraser, maybe.
13:42Just been looking along the cut of the grass, it might be tighter than I initially thought.
13:49It's going to lead to a delay, Emmanuel Longolo.
13:53He's got an eye for goal, five of them so far this season.
14:02Yeah, I think it could be Marcus Fraser, that... that is very, very tight.
14:08He's also... Longolo's just slightly dipping to his right-hand side as well.
14:23There's three of his, uh, four Premiership goals came really early on in the opening four games.
14:30Just one in the last 21 since then that came against Livingston in December.
14:40And... I think the...
14:44Another delay for Callum Scott as Nick Walsh and Sean Carr have been kept very busy in the VAR room.
14:53And...
14:56As Simiran planning a change just before the hour mark?
14:59Jamara Calvin will be coming on.
15:02It feels like a matter of how many Jens Berdalesko's side can manage.
15:10well we just have had confirmation coming through from var that the offside decision that was made
15:17on field is wrong it was in fact on sides so this looks like it could be getting even worse
15:25for stephen robinson's side they're checking the rest of the attacking phase of play
15:31and they'll maybe get back to us in five minutes
15:37it is a goal the factual overturn the explanation being made to the two captains
15:46and the end result is it's 4-0 Emmanuel Longolo can now celebrate his sixth goal of the season
15:55and so can that band of steel men behind the goal who are just absolutely loving this season
16:05well I mean the nature and the emphatic nature of this result performance it only goes to really
16:14emphasize
16:18it only goes to emphasize how Motherwell cannot be discounted in this challenge
16:24they've come to St Mirren here and they have dismantled them
16:29they're 4-0 up
16:32and you would not you really would not put it past them scoring more in this game
16:38you could see the reaction of Jens Bertolescu there delighted with the fourth and you get a sense he is
16:45wanting more
16:47hammer home the point that they have put the disappointment of the cup exit behind them firmly
16:53and they've got their eyes set on this league
16:57and enough for a Saturday night for some and Paisley they've headed for the exits
17:03Jamiro Calvin is on for Jake Young
17:08and a double change from Motherwell Tom Sparrow
17:11coming on along with
17:13Jamiro Calderon wins it back
17:30delivers it into a dangerous area for Bacchus
17:36two blocks coming in and then
17:38tipped over
17:40by Callum Ward
17:43to keep out the Samirran skipper O'Hara
17:46well it was good play initially
17:49Manderon winning that ball back but then look at the
17:52the desire from the Motherwell players to get bodies in front of the ball
18:05Elijah Justin
18:06Paul McGinn the two
18:07heading off
18:08just having an hour of
18:12real
18:15destruction
18:18from what he managed to do
18:24corner delivered in that was Stephen Welsh's ball all day long
18:27met it with power
18:44there's been a lot of good performances from Motherwell this season and there's been a lot of disappointment for St
18:50Mirren as well
18:51but
18:54this has been right up there in terms of performance and results so far from Motherwell
19:02and for St Mirren equally as disappointing as there has been because you got that sense from Steven Robinson before
19:10the game that a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel some key players coming back
19:16starting to hopefully
19:17starting to hopefully build up a wee head of steam to get away from that bottom end of the table
19:21starting to hopefully build up a wee head of steam to get away from that bottom end of the table
19:26that's a free header for Alex Gogic
19:34Well now it could be on for Motherwell down that right-hand side.
19:41Now they're deciding to settle back in,
19:44Steven O'Donnell will go in and play as one of the two centre-backs.
19:50Just where Paul McGinn had been operating.
20:08Slattery.
20:17Priestman.
20:21Bergholzson the target, oh, meets it brilliantly.
20:25That's the best of the bunch.
20:30Five-star showing from Motherwell.
20:33They've been sensational from start to finish.
20:37And there's no let-up.
20:40Dator, Bergholzson, the Norwegian volleys at number five.
20:46And they are absolutely untouchable right now.
20:57Well, five-star indeed, Gori.
21:00How much better can it get?
21:03Bergholzson.
21:05Wonderful finish down into the ground, and with the slickness on the ball on the surface, it's past Shemal George
21:11before he can really react.
21:16Absolutely outstanding from Motherwell.
21:22It's a statement, performance and result.
21:25It's all coming together for the Steelmen.
21:30Well, for Steven Robinson it feels like it's falling apart.
21:34It's a miserable night for St Mirren, and they've still got a quarter of this game to see out.
21:40And that is a worrying prospect for St Mirren.
21:45Yeah, because like I was just saying before, the disappointment of feeling like there's that light at the end of
21:50the tunnel.
21:51It's been well and truly...
21:55The gates have been slammed shut at the end of the tunnel and there's darkness.
21:59And you really do worry that a result like this can have a lasting, lingering effect.
22:08Oh, from the highs of December and lifting the Premier Sports Cup.
22:14This is a real low for St Mirren.
22:18Kilmarnock's point earlier, their draw with Dundee United moved them to within two points of the buddies.
22:25There's also a win for Dundee, so they stretched a little bit further away, they beat Aberdeen with Pataudry.
22:33A great moment for Eitor Björg Olsen, scoring his first goal for the club.
22:38Moved in from Umea after they were relegated from the second tier in Sweden.
22:44They did have a rush of goals towards the end of that campaign, eight in the final five games,
22:50but couldn't save their status in that division.
22:53A player who took the route into professional football by going and playing college soccer in the States
23:03at the University of Kentucky with the Wildcats, eventually drafted by Seattle,
23:08and then going back to Norway and now getting his first goal in the Scottish top flight.
23:17But Björg Olsen signing, in a similar vein as Barney Stewart at Falkirk,
23:23comes from managers that have got a clear idea of what they need.
23:27Well, Angelo sending another one in.
23:29It will be another corner, this is going to be relentless for Motherwell.
23:36Yeah, I mean it's been from all angles, Motherwell.
23:40Down the right, down the left, slide rule passes right through the middle as well.
23:49It's been the furthest thing from one dimensional.
23:58That's why they're so difficult to compete against.
24:17This is dream stuff for the... the Falkirk faithful.
24:22It really is.
24:23When they're watching football of the highest caliber, week in, week out.
24:30You've got to say as well, from a Scottish football point of view,
24:34if Motherwell are going to be going into Europe to represent Scotland next season.
24:39You know, they've got a chance of really doing something,
24:42if they can keep this team and management team together.
24:45If this whole team, unit, is together next year in Europe, what's to stop them?
24:52I mean, genuinely, you've seen what the likes of Bodo Glimt are doing in the Champions League,
24:58and I know it's a different level, but Motherwell, with this unit together and the manager,
25:05everything collectively, you would imagine they could go and compete in the Conference League.
25:12Outstanding.
25:13And you know that the coefficient needs it, it's been taking an absolute hammering this season.
25:26You can see Regan Charles Cook in the background getting ready to come on here,
25:30Sam Nicholson will be making their entrance shortly.
25:36Here's Calvin, the Jamaican held up, but he wins it back.
25:44Against the referee's decision though, and here goes Slattery.
25:49Long below doubling up with him.
25:51Long below rebound, Latao Roman's office.
26:00Masaronisse.
26:03Masaronisse.
26:04Sparrow outside him, Masaronisse.
26:08And John sliding in.
26:26That might be the only concern from this evening,
26:29Sir Alex Ferguson's going to go down to England and tell everyone
26:32about how good Jens Bartoleskow's side is.
26:40But they've got to be admired as well for the way that they dealt with
26:44all that attention to Tawanda Maswanese in the January window.
26:51They held their nerve there, with big bids supposedly coming in,
26:56record-breaking bids, and they didn't want to lose their top scorer.
27:04And they may well get their reward for that in the coming months.
27:26Here's Gogic.
27:32Fraser forward.
27:35Longer low.
27:44O'Donnell up to Saeed, now Sparrow.
27:52Improachment.
27:56What made the offer, but it was a missed pass from Saeed.
28:02Mandrone.
28:08Calvin has been seeing a bit of action of late.
28:13Gelmaro Calvin.
28:20Here's Fraser.
28:23Bacchus.
28:24The run from Phillips.
28:27Track by Welsh, but now the Irishman.
28:32Recovers it.
28:36Steered clear, Maswanese, Bjorg Olsen, and it was just behind O'Donnell
28:42who won that header and made a beeline to join the attack.
28:49There will be a Samaran corner on the far side.
28:58Well, here's this incident from before.
29:00As I said, you can see he's getting his arm held back there.
29:03And for me, I don't even think he touches him there.
29:08And I'm also certain the officials don't know.
29:13And as I said, his arm's been held, he's swinging around to shake himself free,
29:19to knock Slattery's arm away.
29:20He shouldn't have gone down like that.
29:22He shouldn't have gone down like that.
29:24It's never a red card.
29:30But take nothing away from Motherwell's performance, by the way,
29:32because it's been absolutely outstanding.
29:34But the level of officials and the performances leave a lot to be desired, again.
29:43There goes Ward with the punch.
29:50It's rather, you know, tricky to see from that angle whether there actually is contact there.
29:58So why send them off?
30:00You know, they're guessing.
30:01And you've got VAR backing it up by saying that, yeah, it's a violent action to the head.
30:07No, it's not.
30:09You're getting it completely wrong.
30:11You talk about the job of VAR.
30:13We can all see that the first red card was embarrassing and it's easy to overturn.
30:17How about you sort that one out?
30:18Where does that sort of stand in the code of ethics between professional footballers?
30:22Well, I think it's poor, personally, from Slattery.
30:26If there is no contact, we can't be certain.
30:28But first of all, he's pulling him back, you know, to try and obviously slow him up and maybe get
30:33a wee reaction out of him.
30:35But even if there is contact, as I said to you before, he's perhaps flicked his eyelash.
30:39You know, he's not going into him, he's flicking down.
30:46I just think that it's just another instant where we're seeing too many players being sent off.
31:00Inside the final quarter of an hour.
31:04Motherwell don't want this to end.
31:08It's been mightily impressive.
31:13Björgolfsson going to battle with Gogic.
31:16And the defender did enough.
31:21I do remember that coming up are the Scottish Cup...
31:26No, Scottish Gas, Scottish Cup quarter-finals in permanent athletic against Aberdeen on Saturday March.
31:32That's at 7 o'clock and then the big one from Ibrox.
31:35Rangers against Celtic on the Sunday from 1 o'clock.
31:39There's...
31:40Elliot Watt...
31:42Makes way.
31:44The job...
31:45Very well done by him.
31:50There's Regan Charles Cook and...
31:52Sam Nicholson...
31:54coming on.
31:59O'Gram Saeed...
32:01O'Gram Saeed...
32:02makes way.
32:07And also...
32:09Luca Ross...
32:12comes on.
32:14Well, Liam Donnelly...
32:17will replace Mark O'Hara on his return from injury.
32:29Former Motherwell player.
32:48Kogic's header into the middle towards Bacchus.
32:54Marcus Fraser will take over the captaincy for Samirin, it's a tough old job on a night like this.
33:08You would never guess that...
33:11This is our...
33:13Motherwell side coming off the back of a disappointing...
33:17result during the week.
33:21Again, just speaks volumes of the mentality, the character.
33:26And the way that the manager's got them believing and thinking this season.
33:31There's been no let-up.
33:33In fact, they've probably put their foot even firmer down on the accelerator tonight.
33:49Here's Ross...
33:52the 19-year-old.
33:59There's Slattery playing...
34:01a little deeper now, it's Maswanise in towards...
34:05Jörg Olsson, but it's...
34:07Goggic gets the...
34:08gets the touch.
34:23Trotter comes to Ross...
34:26Priestman...
34:27Charles Cook...
34:42Sam Nicholson chose for it.
34:45Desperately hope he's got his injury problems behind him, oh, that's brilliant.
34:50And now the chance to pick out a man in the middle.
34:54Well, not quite.
34:58Luka Ross...
34:59joining in the...
35:01attacking fluency that Motherwell have showed all night.
35:04Lovely play from the youngster, isn't it?
35:07Drop of the shoulder, skips past a few players in such a tight...
35:12space and...
35:13right idea, he's trying to find one of those two teammates that are lingering near the back.
35:22And a chastening evening for Steven Robinson.
35:26Away at Livingston...
35:27next week is a...
35:30is a very important game for them.
35:32Is it not just?
35:33I mean, it has the feel of a genuine six-pointer, that, because...
35:37Kilmarnock definitely feel like they're on the up, that there's been a change in their fortunes, they're playing better.
35:44And...
35:45yes, St. Bernard are games in hand, but...
35:48here's one of them.
35:49And it's been a...
35:50a route.
35:53And you just start to worry that...
35:55games in hand, but they're not picking up points, and all of a sudden it becomes...
35:59a lot...
36:00more close...
36:02than...
36:04was really comfortable.
36:14And then up the other end of the table, as we've mentioned a number of times...
36:19already...
36:20this is...
36:22impressive stuff from Motherwell.
36:24They get closer to the teams above them, applying more pressure.
36:29they've got...
36:31And it also applies pressure to Ibernian, or...
36:34beneath them, this would open up an eight-point gap with...
36:38Hibbs tomorrow going to Celtic Park, so...
36:41you know, something gives there, you were talking about Celtic playing Rangers,
36:45something gives there as well, because...
36:47you know, two teams that...
36:48are in and about, Motherwell are a little bit...
36:52marooned at the moment, but they can attach themselves to...
36:56that group of top four...
36:59teams...
36:59make the three become a four,
37:01and it could be absolutely fascinating, they do have to go to...
37:05Celtic and Hearts before...
37:07the split happens.
37:09Yeah, I mean, I know what you're saying with regards to obviously...
37:12being marooned slightly, but...
37:13Not marooned, isolated, probably a better word.
37:15Right, well, I don't even see that though, I genuinely do see Motherwell...
37:19as a top four.
37:21You know, that's them now, four behind Celtic and five behind...
37:26Rangers.
37:27That's...
37:29that's not a lot, and as we've spoken about...
37:32the post-split fixtures are going to be absolutely incredible.
37:39And this is a team that...
37:41don't look like losing.
37:43They genuinely do not look like losing up against anyone.
37:48The four final games before the split, incidentally, are all against teams in the...
37:54top six currently, away at Celtic, home to Hibs, home to Falkirk, men away at Hearts.
38:00So that will be...
38:02a real test.
38:05I mean, their final nine games of the season potentially coming up against top six sides.
38:10But at the moment, you know, they look like they're an absolute match for anyone.
38:16You saw the way that they dispatched Celtic, albeit during the Wilfred Nonsi era.
38:23how they went absolutely toe-to-toe with Rangers, got a point.
38:27I was just going to say, the performance against Celtic, and yes, it was a Wilfred Nonsi era,
38:33but the performance level against Rangers was not too dissimilar to that Wilfred Nonsi one.
38:38Here's Maswanese, hits Regan Charles Cook.
38:46Looked like the use of an arm from Mandron, one of them will get it back in any case.
38:52Damage limitation for Samaran now.
38:58There's a ball in behind it, does find Nicholson,
39:01and they put it into a really dangerous area.
39:08There's exhibition stuff from Motherwell, five up, obviously.
39:13St Mirren are just battered and bruised and down to ten men.
39:21Gogic with the latest clearance,
39:23though you can see with the introduction of the subs as well,
39:25I mean, I know it's against ten men, but there's been no let-up,
39:29there's been no decrease in the quality from those coming on.
39:36There's a hunger for everyone to get into this side.
39:42And play their part.
39:49Comes to Slattery!
39:52Oh, this time, Shemal George is able to hang on.
39:59Well, it's a perfect first touch to get out of Slattery's feet, and a really nice strike.
40:05And when you think about the contrast between that and the side one that Shemal George lets slip underneath him.
40:14The disappointment for St Mirren is huge.
40:17That was a good strike there from Slattery.
40:21And the word from the touchline was that he was just struggling a little,
40:25but if that's him struggling, that's not bad.
40:41There's Slattery, picks out Luka Ross.
40:41There's Slattery, picks out Luka Ross.
40:42There's Slattery, picks out Luka Ross.
40:58Well defended by Fraser.
41:01Anywhere will do for Goggins, he's managed to pick out Mandron.
41:05And Shamari Calvin was offside, I'm sure the flag will go up when this hole peters out.
41:12Calvin has the effort, and now the flag goes up.
41:24Those are the ones that fans don't enjoy, are they when it's that obvious?
41:31Also, they got Motherwell to go back to the edge of the box to take it when it was up
41:34near the halfway line.
41:42Well we know them, Motherwell.
41:45I'd like to see plenty of the ball, 70 per cent, it's quite incredible.
41:50They've turned it into five goals as well, that'll be a free kick and a yellow card after Sam Nicholson.
41:59Hold back by Miguel Freckleton.
42:12Well by any means necessary for Sam ikke to try and keep this score down.
42:25Like I said before, it's only been three away wins before this evening in the Premiership,
42:30those seven draws, perhaps costing Motherwell being a part of that top four as things stand,
42:43there's only three defeats in the league, only Rangers have had two, the only team with fewer.
43:19The ordeal almost over for Samirin, but I understand there will be four additional minutes to come.
43:26They've got a free kick that is met by the ironic cheers from those who have remained in the home
43:34end.
43:54THEY CONFER
44:02Put in by Donnelly, that's Ward's ball.
44:05And to go through his own man to get there.
44:15Declan John back to Shemal George.
44:21Final minute of normal time before we get confirmation of additional minutes.
44:50There's Donnelly.
44:55Gorgic.
45:05It's flipped on by Slattery.
45:14This is Welsh, we are now into the four additional minutes.
45:22Charles Cook, got the run from Maswanise, who holds his hands out, he was expecting to be played in.
45:29He wants to do his goals tally a boost here.
45:47There with Nicholson, turns and drives at the defence.
45:53There with Nicholson, turns and drives at the defence.
46:03Faced by Welsh.
46:08Getting back is Ross, so too Charles Cook.
46:13They're all working hard.
46:17And Michael, probably quite a tough task actually this evening to try and pick your player of the match.
46:24Yeah.
46:26There's a yellow card first of all for Keanu Bacchus.
46:28You're not wrong.
46:29I mean, seriously, it could be any number of players in the Claret and Amber of Motherwell.
46:35But for me, Elijah just, he got the first goal in the game and he's all in play.
46:40Just absolutely outstanding, the New Zealander.
46:44Picking up real dangerous areas of the park.
46:48Getting on the ball.
46:49And more often than not, making good decisions.
46:54Cutting open the St Mirren defence.
46:57A very, very impressive performance from him, along with a number of others.
47:01That's why Elijah just, he was man of the match tonight, Rory.
47:05And when you see Motherwell play like this, this will be one defeat in 19 in the Premiership.
47:12You know, that is the form of champions.
47:16Yes, absolutely.
47:17It really is.
47:18But this would be ten points behind hearts.
47:20Have they left themselves too much, you know, to get involved in a fight like that?
47:27Possibly.
47:29Possibly.
47:29I mean, it's the only thing.
47:31It's the only thing that, you know, caveats me saying that they're, eh, gonna win it.
47:41Is that points difference that they've got to try and make up now?
47:44That's what he say, look to curl one.
47:51Here goes Mandron.
47:54Easily picked off by O'Donnell.
47:56You know, because also when you look at, you know, those defeats,
47:58you know, the one at Ibrox, for example, we obviously know that the penalty kick
48:01that should have happened at the end of the game, but the one before that,
48:04you know, or sorry, it was the two, it was back-to-back defeats.
48:07It was Celtic Park where they were so dominant and they shot themselves in the foot
48:12when they gave away the equalising goal when they were playing about in the box.
48:16But Jens Bertolasco is like, okay, that happens.
48:19And then the next game was at home against Falkirk,
48:22where they should have been 2-0 up at half-time.
48:25But VAR got involved ridiculously and chopped off Ibrahim Saeed's,
48:30what would have been his first goal for the club.
48:33Falkirk came back, credit to them, to win 2-1 in that game.
48:36But you look at those defeats and you're going,
48:38at no point has any team put Motherwell to the sword, nobody.
48:47Well, all three of their defeats in the league have been by a single goal.
48:52As you said, at Falkirk, against Falkirk, away at Celtic and away at Rangers.
48:57Then Aberdeen beat them by two goals to nil on Wednesday.
49:02Obviously, there's circumstances within that, two red cards.
49:05And then their biggest defeat of the season at Hampton Park against Samirin
49:08in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final.
49:11The only game, really, that they weren't in on the scoreline.
49:16Well, there it goes, the full-time whistle.
49:21Sensational from start to finish from Motherwell.
49:24And their belief, their confidence just continues to grow under Jens Bartelesko.
49:32A 5-0 victory that was started by Elijah Just in the first half
49:38to Wanda Maswanese, added a penalty.
49:41Ibrahim Saeed got things even better in the second half
49:46before Emmanuel Longolo scored just before the hour mark.
49:50And then off the bench came Eitor Björg-Olsen
49:54possibly to score the best of the bunch on a night.