Motherwell 2 Kilmarnock 1: Paton's stoppage time winner stuns Killie as Steelmen go joint-top
dailyrecord.co.ukHarry Paton scored in the seventh minute of stoppage time on his return from injury to send Motherwell joint-top of the Premiership with Celtic.It looked like the Steelmen would have to settle for a point against Kilmarnock after fighting back from Marley Watkins' early header to level through Dan Casey in the second half and then seeing Callum Slattery's penalty saved 12 minutes from time.But Paton, who has been out with a groin injury, kept his cool to score with the last kick of the ball and end Kilmarnock's unbeaten start to the season.The Steelmen are level with the Hoops after they were held to a 0-0 draw by St Johnstone.Killie, who knocked Celtic out of the Viaplay Cup last week and beat Rangers on the opening day, were on top in the first 45 minutes, but Motherwell earned the points with a much-improved display in the second half.Motherwell made three changes from last week's Viaplay Cup exit to St Mirren, which has seen on-loan Arsenal striker Mika Biereth ruled out for three months through a knee injury.Their woes were compounded before kick-off when it was revealed hitman Conor Wilkinson suffered a calf injury in training on Thursday, the extent of which is not yet known.
He was among those dropping out alongside Davor Zdravkovski and Shane Blaney.New signing Brodie Spencer went straight in for his debut, following his move from Huddersfield earlier in the week, while Joe Efford came in for his first start this season to support Theo Bair up top and Lennon Miller returned to the midfield.Former Fir Park stars Liam Donnelly and Liam Polworth were among those on the Killie bench, as the Ayrshire men looked to build on a strong start to the campaign.Just 15 seconds in the visitors created a glorious opportunity
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