McCall delighted with thriller

Isaiah Osbourne fired Hibs into a half-time lead, before Higdon (penalty) and Jamie Murphy put the hosts ahead - only for the visitors to respond immediately through Matt Doherty.

Motherwell took the lead for the second time through a wonderful overhead kick from Higdon on 70 minutes and the Englishman then added his third from the penalty spot five minutes later.

Ivan Sproule blasted Hibs' third beyond Darren Randolph after the home side had failed to deal with George Francomb's corner.

McCall insists his troops did not allow their heads to drop at half-time while he has reserved special praise for Michael Higdon for his two-goal effort.

Delighted

"We weren't despondent at half time and we told the lads that we would get chances, that turned out to be the case," said McCall.

"I just thought the two goals we got apart from the two penalties were good goals and the build up to the two penalties was great too.

"I am delighted for Higgy (Michael Higdon), he gives everything he has got and is a vital part of the team here.

"Hibs deserve immense credit, they came here and gave us lots of problems, they played their part in a cracking game of football.

"It is important that we are now 12 points clear of Hearts and St Johnstone in third. We have a big game against Celtic on Saturday now. It's not what you want to hear but we are only looking at the next game."

Disappointed

McCall's counterpart Pat Fenlon was disappointed Hibs failed to secure anything from the game despite scoring three goals away from home.

"We are disappointed, we have came here and scored three goals and got nothing out of the game," said Fenlon.

"I thought we killed ourselves tonight, we gave away sloppy goals and put in rash challenges at time when we should stay on our feet in the penalty area.

"You would think before the game that if we came here and scored three goals then we would win the game but instead we have left with nothing."