Dundee 2 Motherwell 3: We used pitch to our advantage, says Kettlewell after dramatic comeback win for Steelmen

Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell admitted his team used the poor Dens pitch to their advantage to secure a dramatic, last-gasp victory over Dundee that keeps their Premiership top-six bid intact.

The game only went ahead after two pitch inspections at 11am and 1pm, amid concerning images of the sodden surface.

And when Dundee went storming into a two-goal lead, thanks to Jordan McGhee and Luke McCowan, it looked like Motherwell's slim hopes of sneaking a top sixth slot were dashed.

However, Motherwell made an incredible comeback with three goals in the final 14 minutes, with Georgie Gent and Theo Bair netting to level it up, before debutant Moses Ebiye bagged the winner in stoppage time.

It leaves Well eighth in the table but they host seventh-place Hibernian next weekend and know a win there, coupled with sixth-place Dundee losing to both Rangers in midweek and Aberdeen next Saturday would give them a unlikely top six spot on goal difference.

Kettlewell’s men were playing towards the Bob Shankly Stand in the second half and he admitted that worked to their advantage.

The manager said: “Did we play on the conditions at that end in the second half? Yeah, that’s something we were taking into account.

“That goalmouth area, there’s a bit 20 yards out that isn’t good so we knew if we could get the ball into that area there’s the potential for slips, bad bounces that might fall in our favour.

“So we spoke about that and aiming towards it.

“Was it playable? When I walked on the pitch there were four or five areas I didn’t think were playable.

“Again I need to be consistent, I’m not going to change now.

“At no point did I speak to anyone or the officials from Dundee, I was prepared to let everyone do their job.

“I didn’t try