Dan Casey scored twice to earn new Motherwell supervisor Michael Wimmer a profitable house debut in opposition to Dundee.
The Irish defender was completely unmarked as he headed house from six yards following Andy Halliday’s Twelfth-minute nook.
Motherwell regarded extra forward-thinking and aggressive of their press within the first half as German Wimmer constructed on an encouraging second-half efficiency at Tannadice.
Dundee pegged Motherwell again after the break and Simon Murray equalised from shut vary with their solely effort on course within the 79th minute.
However defender Casey snatched Motherwell a 2-1 win 5 minutes later when he provided a striker’s end to volley house substitute Harry Paton’s cross.
The consequence ended a six-match shedding run for Motherwell and moved them two factors off the highest six whereas Dundee’s fifth consecutive defeat leaves them simply three factors above backside membership St Johnstone.
Wimmer made 4 modifications for his Fir Park bow and bought his aspect on the entrance foot early on together with his 3-4-3 formation. Wing-backs Tom Sparrow and Dom Thompson had been taking dangers and each Lennon Miller and Callum Slattery revelled in superior roles both aspect of centre-forward Luke Armstrong.
Motherwell had been rewarded for a energetic begin when Casey headed house and the centre-back continued to threaten from set-pieces. Miller got here shut a number of occasions from lengthy vary earlier than establishing Armstrong with an ideal by means of ball that the striker couldn’t management.
Stephen O’Donnell then pressured an honest cease from Jon McCracken after main a counter-attack and mixing effectively with Miller and Slattery.
Dundee had sometimes bought midfielders operating on the Motherwell again three within the first half however they nonetheless struggled to create probabilities after getting extra on the entrance foot after the interval.
Motherwell’s vitality ranges started to dip earlier than the hour mark however Sparrow threatened with a diving header after assembly Thompson’s cross.
The house aspect survived a prolonged VAR examine after loud appeals for handball in opposition to O’Donnell from the Dundee followers and gamers and the Steelmen remained stable beneath stress till Casey failed to chop out Joe Shaughnessy’s lengthy ball.
Charlie Reilly performed the ball throughout objective and Murray slid in to attain earlier than surviving a protracted VAR examine for offside.
However Motherwell confirmed the kind of response that can have delighted Wimmer. They had been shortly again on prime and Casey completed brilliantly earlier than the house aspect survived seven minutes of stoppage time with out main scares.
