Motherwell roared back against Aberdeen to dent Jim Goodwin’s first day in charge of the Dons. The new Pittodrie gaffer was in the dugout just hours after penning his two-and-a-half year deal and he got off to a flier with Vicente Besuijen nabbing his first goal for the club to fire the Reds in front.But the Fir Park men battled back and Mark O’Hara grabbed a deserved leveller after Kevin van Veen – who played most of the afternoon with a busted shoulder – caused havoc in the box.

By the end Goodwin will have been relieved to escape with a point as 'Well pushed to repeat last week’s Scottish Cup win that cost Stephen Glass his job.

The Dons squad were out to make a good first impression for the new boss.'Well keeper Liam Kelly was forced to paw away Lewis Ferguson’s early free kick and then tip over Calvin Ramsay’s back post header.Aberdeen’s backline continued to look a little jittery though with Van Veen chasing down Joe Lewis and the keeper was lucky his clearance off the Dutchman spun just outside the post.

Liam Donnelly volleyed narrowly over and a few others threatened.Christian Ramirez had the ball in the net – only to get flagged offside.But Besuijen broke the trap soon after when he finished off a sweeping move with David Bates sending Adam Montgomery scampering inside Bevis Mugabi and laying the ball on a plate for his pal.Motherwell looked to hit back immediately and the Dons had to dig in as Sean Goss flashed one over the top.Tempers were bubbling nicely and they boiled over before the break when Bates smashed in to Joe Efford and then O’Hara collided with Hayes before the free kick was called back.Declan Gallagher and Mugabi got booked for their part in the flare up and then Van Veen clattered the post from

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