Nigerian forward, Moses Ebiye was on the scoring sheet as his Scottish side Motherwell FC maintained top spot in the Group G of the Premier Sports Cup following a 1-3 victory against Clyde, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
Moses Ebiye’s who opened the scoring for his side saw his goal cancelled out after Lee Hamilton converted a penalty kick from Lennon Miller to put the game level.
Motherwell had the lead after 12 minutes after some good play by Harry Paton set up Ewan Wilson whose cross was converted by Moses Ebiye.
At the heartbeat of every attacking move, he got on again when Lennon Miller produced a great ball threaded though the defence to find the lethal forward but with a shot looking a good option, he opted to find his strike partner Zach Robinson but the ball in wasn’t accurate enough and the chance was gone.
Motherwell came back out after the break and within seconds Ebiye almost had his second. O’Donnell clipped a fine ball over the top but the Nigerian snatched at his attempt to lob the goalkeeper.
The chances were beginning to stack up and Ebiye passed up another opportunity when Robinson pulled the ball back across goal but Houston recovered well and cleared off the line.
Chances then came for Halliday who clipped his shot just wide, Ebiye again who hit high and wide and Miller whose neat control and shot was well saved by Kinnear.
Clyde looked to have gained confidence from their goal but the goal from the spot appeared to have lifted the mood of the Steelmen. Zdravkovski took a free kick quickly, Miller drove forward before feeding Ebiye who blazed over the bar.
Motherwell finish the week top of the group with one game left to play, against Partick Thistle next Sunday.
By Olaleye Oluwadamilola