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Motherwell boss Brown in game of his life

Motherwell and Hibernian drew 6-6 in the highest scoring game in Scottish Premier League history. Motherwell boss Craig Brown admitted he had never seen a game like it in his life after his team came from four goals down to claim a point in injury time.

"They tell me there was a game here before between Motherwell and Aberdeen that finished 6-5 and the goalkeepers were Jim Leighton and Andy Goram," Brown said.

"So it's not uncommon here. But I can't recall anything like it.

"When I was coach of the Under-21s we were 4-1 down against Germany and won 5-4 in a quarter-final but I can't recall a game quite like this one."

Brown said: "At 6-2 I thought it was gone but I had said to the players at half-time, the most worrying thing in sport is a losing lead. It was only 4-2 at the time but it's a psychological thing.

"Another five minutes and I think we'd have won. I think they were out on their feet. I did say after Hibs lost to Hearts at the weekend they tend to lose goals late. Jutkiewicz's goal was like van Basten's."

Brown added: "At four goals down you have got to commend the character of the team and we have got to be proud of them."

Hibs boss John Hughes spoke about his team's character in the dressing room after the match.

"You need to dig deep and train like world champions," he said.

"If we had trained like that we would have seen that game out."

Hughes added: "To be 6-2 up with 25 minutes to go, I think it's self-explanatory.

"But I felt at 6-2 my strikers stopped working and it brought them on top of us. And add that on to one or two individual mistakes."

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