Motherwell shot themselves in the foot in Hibs defeat, says winger

Kai Andrews reckons Motherwell shot themselves in the foot as they crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Hibs on Saturday.

The on-loan Coventry City kid made his first start since a whirlwind move to Fir Park last week and felt Motherwell could have got a better grip of the game in stages at Easter Road.

Goals from Martin Boyle and Nectarios Triantis had the Hibees 2-0 up and cruising inside 30 minutes.

Though sub Callum Slattery pulled a goal back with a terrific free-kick from just outside the box, Boyle netted his second and Hibs’ third from the spot just minutes later, after Stephen O’Donnell had fouled Lewis Miller.

And Motherwell’s day got worse as Jack Vale was shown a straight red card for a foul on Boyle just before the final whistle.

Andrews, 18, reckons there were periods of the game that Motherwell looked good in, but didn’t take advantage.

He said: “It was a very difficult game. We knew what we were coming up against, they’ve put in some good performances recently.

“I think we flowed in and out of our performance. We had some really good spells with the ball in the first 20 or 25 minutes, looked comfortable.

“I think we shot ourselves in the foot a bit, with two goals that were definitely avoidable, but then Slatts comes on and brings quality onto the pitch and scores a very good goal.

“We thought we had got back into the game, but it was a slow performance and I think we should have got a lot more opportunities after that goal came.

“But that slight lapse in concentration meant the penalty was given away, the free kick was given away, in a poor position and it set us back a bit.

“But we can definitely build on the performance.”

Andrews only found out he was moving to Motherwell last Monday, and since then has played