Motherwell rediscover mojo to have say in title raceImage source, SNSImage caption, Motherwell won 3-2 at Ibrox and have still to play Hearts and CelticByKheredine IdessaneBBC Sport ScotlandPublished15 minutes agoIt’s only a few weeks since talk of a four-way fight for the Scottish Premiership title. Hearts have been top of the league since late September, the big Glasgow two have not had their troubles to seek but have kept themselves in the mix while Motherwell’s form – and fabulous football – from the end of October until the end of February had the Steelmen bang in contention as well.Sadly for manager Jens Berthel Askou, his debut season in Scottish football tailed off dramatically for a few weeks with just a solitary point from the five matches preceding Sunday’s trip to Ibrox.An impressive win over Rangers, however, and in particular the way the visitors played, has reminded everyone that while Well cannot win the league, they will have a significant say in who does.The Steelmen have just dented Danny Rohl’s hopes of silverware in his first season at Rangers.The fates of leaders Hearts and second-placed Celtic may well be determined by five days in ‘manic May’ when both face tricky trips to Fir Park against the men in claret and amber, who appear to have rediscovered their mojo just in time for the most memorable top flight run-in for generations.Image source, SNSMotherwell are title ‘king makers’The question on many a lip prior to the first set of post-split fixtures was who would blink first. It appeared pacesetters Hearts had the trickiest game with an Edinburgh derby at the home of city rivals, Hibernian. They passed the test in the end, although nine-man Hibs very nearly held out for a point that would have been a gut punch to everyone in maroon.This was after Celtic had taken care of Falkirk the day before, relatively comfortably. It was Rangers who stumbled, going down 3-2 to a Motherwell side who played arguably their best football of a remarkable season in a wonderfully accomplished first 45 minutes.Former Hearts defender Allan Preston told BBC Radio Scotland’s Sportsound he’s in no doubt about the role the Fir Park side will play from here on in.”They’ll be the king makers,” he reported.”They’ll decide who wins this league, Motherwell, because they are so good. You just wonder, in those first 10 games of the season when they couldn’t buy a win but they were brilliant, they were drawing so many, they would have been in the mix to win this title.”Rangers v Motherwell highlights26/04/26Watch on iPlayer
