Online Reporter
TAWANDA Maswanhise described Motherwell’s 3-1 win over Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership as MASSIVE after his two goals helped the Steelmen end a five-year wait for a win at Rugby Park on Saturday.
It was his first game after the international break and he announced his return in devastating fashion.
On the same afternoon, his Warriors teammate Prince Dube also scored the golden goal which powered Young Africans of Tanzania to a 1-0 win over FAR Rabat of Morocco in the CAF Champions League.
Masvanhise doubled Dube’s tally in Ayrshine as he played the starring role for Motherwell.
“We needed the three points, “ he said. “Massive, we knew what we needed to do here.”
Motherwell took the lead after 16 minutes after Emmanuel Longelo found space down the left and curled in a ball to the back post which landed at the feet of Maswanhise, who blasted in his tenth goal of the campaign.
The visitors’ lead was doubled on the 26th minute, and it was the Zimbabwean on the scoresheet again before the half was out.
Kilmarnock got off to the perfect start in the second period, with Scott Tiffoney slotting past Calum Ward to halve the deficit early on in the second-half. But any chance of a comeback was diminished when substitute Apostolos Stamatelopoulos dispatched a penalty to make sure of the points.
The first goal came after Longelo beat his man before floating a perfect cross to the back area, just evading the Kilmarnock defence; Maswanhise controlled and slotted home to open the scoring.
Motherwell continued to probe for the next ten minutes, popping the ball around the edge of the Killie box.
A scuffed clearance earned Motherwell a corner, and they took full advantage. With quick corner routines seemingly now a Motherwell speciality, Longelo passed the corner cutely to Callum Slattery; he teed up Maswanhise for a strike, and with the Zimbabwean’s first effort blocked, he made sure of the follow-up and blasted home to double his side’s advantage. – Sports Reporter/Motherwell
