Motherwell 1 Dundee United 2: Steelmen pay penalty as Terrors come from behind to move off foot of table
dailyrecord.co.ukMotherwell were left stunned by relegation-threatened Dundee United after the Terrors came from behind to win and move off of the bottom of the Scottish Premiership.Kevin van Veen's first half strike - his eighth goal in five games - looked to be sending the Steelmen to a sixth win in eight games under boss Stuart Kettlewell, but an Ilmari Niskanen strike and a Jamie McGrath penalty in the space of eighth second half minutes stunned the hosts.It means the Steelmen stay eighth and are now nine points off of bottom side Ross County and eight clear of Kilmarnock in the relegation play-off spot, so their survival is far from secure just yet.Kettlewell named an unchanged Motherwell side from the one which beat Livingston 3-0 last week, as Calum Butcher shook off his injury concerns to make the starting 11 against his old side.Ahead of kick-off, Hibs' victory over Hearts in the Edinburgh derby ended Well's very slim hopes of a top-six berth so the focus is on trying to end the campaign in seventh, which would also be a great feat considering Kettlewell took over two months ago with the side joint-bottom of the table.It was the Terrors who were first to threaten and they had an effort cleared off the line inside nine minutes, when Max Johnston had the far post covered to clear a goal-bound Steven Fletcher header.Fletcher went close again a few minutes later when Aziz Behich's teasing cross looked set to find him at the back post, but Dan Casey did superbly to glance it away from him.
Fletcher felt he was impeded but, after a VAR check, the visitors didn't get the penalty they were seeking.Motherwell's first real opening arrived in 17 minutes when van Veen collected a loose ball and drove into the box, before his powerful strike
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