Source: PA
Riordan repays Calderwood faith
Derek Riordan repaid Colin Calderwood's faith by netting a double to earn the Hibernian manager his first Easter Road victory, with the 2-1 defeat of Motherwell.
Riordan quickly cancelled out Nick Blackman's early penalty before capitalising on a blunder from Stephen Craigan to hit a 27th-minute winner and justify his recall following suspension.
Hibs then showed the resolve to deprive Motherwell of chances and ensured the win which followed up their 3-0 victory over Rangers in midweek.
Calderwood left out David Wotherspoon from his successful Ibrox line-up to accommodate Riordan, who had been suspended after his red card in the closing stages of Hibs' Edinburgh derby defeat.
Riordan did pay some price for his needless lunge on Rudi Skacel by losing the captain's armband to Ian Murray but he twice linked up with the physical Valdas Trakys to atone for his indiscretion.
There was also a comeback for Dougie McDonald, who was taking charge of his first Clydesdale Bank Premier League encounter since being warned by the Scottish Football Association for lying over the circumstances of his decision to rescind a Celtic penalty at Dundee United last month.
