McCall delighted with battling Well

Manager Stuart McCall praised Motherwell's energy levels after they battled to a 3-1 victory over Dunfermline at Fir Park despite playing most of the match with 10 men.

After the dismissal of skipper Stephen Craigan 18 minutes in, Henrik Ojamma opened the scoring on his first full start for the club before Nicky Law doubled the hosts' lead. Andy Kirk restored hope for Dunfermline but substitute Chris Humphrey netted 10 minutes from time to secure all three points for the Fir Park side.

"We talked before the game about how big an incentive Dunfermline had to win the game after their great result on Saturday but we had a massive incentive too," said McCall.

"We were constantly reminded of how long it had been since we last won at home, we scored three good goals and the players kept their energy levels up very well - it's a happy but tired dressing room."

McCall was forced into changes by the early dismissal but saw his decisions pay off handsomely.

"It was a difficult decision to take Jamie Murphy off after Stephen's (Craigan) red card, he hadn't done anything wrong," he said. "It perhaps would have been easier to take Henrik (Ojamma) off but we felt his energy had caused them some problems early on and thankfully he popped up with the first goal."