- McLean (80)
- Invincibile (27), Taouil (90)
- Date:2009-05-23
- Kick-off:12:30
- Venue:Fir Park Stadium
- Attendance:4186
- Referee:Nicholls, S
Live Commentary
90mins
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
90mins
Goal!! Mehdi Taouil scores for Kilmarnock.
80mins
Goal!! Brian McLean scores for Motherwell.
77mins
Paul Quinn is booked for unsporting behaviour.
62mins
Motherwell are replacing John Sutton with Jamie Murphy.
61mins
David Lilley is being taken off, Ryan O'Leary has come on in his place.
48mins
Motherwell are replacing Maros Klimpl with Bob Malcolm.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.
45mins
Half time whistle is blown by S Nicholls
44mins
David Lilley is booked for unsporting behaviour.
27mins
Goal!! Kilmarnock have scored with Danny Invincibile putting it in the back of the net.
21mins
Kilmarnock are replacing Manuel Pascali with James Fowler.
12mins
Grant Murray is replaced by Gavin Skelton.
0mins
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
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Match Report
Motherwell's poor season ended on a low note as they were 2-1 at home by Kilmarnock.
Killie's team selection even had an eye on next season as Jim Jeffries made seven changes to his side to prevent injuries and suspension.
As luck would have it he was forced to make two further changes in the early stages of the first half, when Grant Murray and Manuel Pascali had to be replaced after a clash of heads.
Despite Motherwell having the bulk of possession it was Killie who should have opened the scoring after 16 minutes.
Mehdi Taouil cut in off the left wing but he failed to pick out Danny Invincibile who was standing in acres of space.
Thankfully for the visitors, ten minutes later, Taouil did manage to find Invincibile in space once again and the Australian made no mistake as he hammered high past debutant keeper Artur Krysiak.
Motherwell should have been level ten minutes after the restart, but Brian McLean was unlucky to see his glancing header bounce clear off the crossbar.
Minutes later another Jim O'Brien corner caused panic in the Killie six-yard box, but Cillian Sheridan could only manage to head wide despite being unmarked.
Sheridan was then unlucky two minutes later when a reverse pass from Stephen Hughes gave him a chance form a narrow angle, but Killie keeper Cameron Bell got down to block well.
The home side finally found an equaliser with only ten minutes left when David Clarkson robbed Tim Clancy on the right before heading for the byline. He looked up and picked out McLean who sidefooted home from eight yards out.
Killie sealed a win thanks to some outrageous skill from David Fernandez, his backheel flick took out three Motherwell defenders and released Taouil.
He fooled the Well defence with a couple of step-overs before rifling high past Krysiak.
Motherwell Team
Kilmarnock Team
Motherwell | Kilmarnock |
Corners
| 7 | 2 |
Fouls
| 9 | 9 |
Goal attempts
| 13 | 7 |
Shots off target
| 7 | 3 |
Offsides
| 0 | 2 |