Hearts win was about the Motherwell players, not me, says interim boss Stuart Kettlewell

Stuart Kettlewell says he hasn't spoken to anyone yet about the Motherwell manager's job, and reckons conversations will take place on Monday morning.

The former Ross County gaffer can't have done his chances any harm, however, after steering Motherwell to their only back-to-back Premiership wins this season.

Goals either side of half-time from Jon Obika and Blair Spittal gave Motherwell a terrific win over high-flying Hearts, but Kettlewell was at pains to make it about his players, rather than himself.

He said: "Full testament to the players, they were excellent today, they really were.

"I don't want to make it about me, at all, I genuinely don't.

"We asked them to go about a job in the last two games and they've been excellent.

"The clean sheet is really pleasing, talking about the quality of the opposition that we faced today wasn't for effect, it's because of what I genuinely believe, and I thought the players handled it so well.

"That opening first five or 10 minutes where I didn't really feel we laid a glove on them was fine because of how we responded to it.

"We got a little catalyst to start playing on the front foot and I thought some of our quality was pretty good at times, in terms of our build-up and trying to get to their final third.

"The only bit we were asking for was the end product.

You could see the players having a bit of belief from their shape, from their discipline, and nullifying Hearts in that early stage. I think it gave us a real foundation to try and build into the game.

"Hearts had moments in the game, they hit woodwork a couple of times, and they still got in our six-yard area a couple of times. But if there was a mistake I felt the cover was there.

"All credit goes to the players for what