'Honest' Tony Watt will be fuming about his miss, says Motherwell boss

Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell says ‘honest’ Tony Watt will be the first to admit he should have earned his side a point against Aberdeen at Pittodrie.

But the Fir Park gaffer was also left annoyed at being labelled a troublemaker by referee Chris Graham.

The Dons took the lead through Pape Guieye in 27 minutes, and he sealed the win with a second in 80 minutes, though Moses Ebiye pulled a goal back for the visitors with two minutes left.

Tony Watt sent a point-blank header straight at Aberdeen keeper Dimitar Mitov, who also denied Liam Gordon late on.

Kettlewell said: “I never criticise anyone for missing chances, and especially not Tony Watt.

“If you know Tony, you probably know he is the most honest guy in the world – he will beat himself up more than I ever would.

“I haven’t seen it back, but it did look like a decent opportunity.

“I am pretty sure Tony will be the first to go either side of the goalkeeper.

“The theory is always brilliant, and we can talk about it. There was another save Mitov has made to his left-hand side, which looked like top corner from Liam Gordon.

“Aberdeen have recruited a very good goalkeeper and, for my money, one of the best in the league.”

Kettlewell was puzzled by referee Chris Graham adding on only 45 seconds of stoppage time, after being told by the fourth official that there would be a full minute – but was told to go away when he queried it.

“They played 45 seconds instead of the time we had been told it would be by the fourth official,” said Kettlewell.

“I spoke to the ref about it and he told me it’s subjective, so to go away, stop causing trouble.

“I asked him a question why we didn’t play the full minute which the fourth official told us we would play, because of the