Liam Donnelly fires Motherwell past Aberdeen

<div class="pa_art"><p>Liam Donnelly scored the only goal of the game as third-placed Motherwell extended the gap between themselves and nearest rivals Aberdeen in the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership.</p><p>Both sides made two changes from their respective cup wins at the weekend, with Bruce Anderson and Connor McLennan dropping to the Dons bench to be replaced by Jon Gallagher and Lewis Ferguson. Well's two changes saw Liam Grimshaw and Donnelly replace Richard Tait and Christian Ilic.</p><p>With their league records showing not much between the sides, it was no surprise that the game was a closely-fought affair.</p><p>Indeed, it took almost 20 minutes for the visitors to fashion the first clear-cut chance, James Scott's angled drive beating . . .