TAWANDA Maswanhise scored once, and missed a penalty, in Motherwell’s 3-3 draw with St Mirren in a pulsating clash in Paisley.
Goals from Maswanhise, who also had a first-half penalty saved, and Regan Charles-Cook had the visitors in control in the early stages.
Saints, though, recovered and scored three times before half-time through Paul Nsio, Declan John and Samuel Ramos to lead going into the closing stagesy.
Motherwell had one final chance and Kanga, signed just two days earlier, lashed a volley high into the net to snatch a point for his new side.
Motherwell made three changes from the team beaten by Freiburg in the Conference League. In came Tom Sparrow, Martin Moorman and Charles-Cook for Jake Girdwood-Reich, Ewan Wilson and Seb Palmer-Houlden.
It took the visitors less than two minutes to open the scoring.
Alex Lowry sent Maswanhise running through and the striker rounded Jacob Chapman before finishing well. Motherwell passed up a brilliant opportunity to double their lead when they were awarded a penalty for an Alex Gogic handball.
Chapman, though, bailed out his team-mate by making a smart save to keep out Maswanhise’s effort.
But Motherwell deservedly doubled their lead after 24 minutes. Sparrow’s blocked shot fell for Charles-Cook and he curled in a spectacular effort from around 25 yards. – Sports Reporter/Sky Sports
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