Shankland nets at second attempt to give Hearts lead
Forrest doubles lead after Motherwell hit post twice in same move
Moult effort disallowed for offside & Penney strikes bar before Forrest adds late third
Win moves Hearts up to third
FT: Motherwell 0-3 Hearts
You can watch highlights of today's wins for Hearts and St Mirren on Sportscene at 19:15 on BBC Scotland. The programme will be available online too.
We'll be back with more live football on Wednesday when Scotland take on Ukraine at Hampden in the Nations League.
FT: Motherwell 0-3 Hearts
Motherwell manager Stevie Hammell tells BBC Sportsound: "That hurts. Losing 3-0 at home is not acceptable, it's not what we were hoping for.
"From a positive point of view, if you can look at it like that, we created more chances today than we have all season. We've won 4-0 this season and we created more today. It's not just on the strikers, nearly every player in our team had a chance and it's something we preach every day about being clinical in both boxes and we just couldn't do that.
"We have a certain style that we want to play, are committed to and want to be known for. We created so many chances, hit the post three time, hit the bar and Craig Gordon has had another great day as he always does but from our point of view we need to be clinical and taking our chances.
"The goals we lose are poor goals."
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Hearts boss Robbie Neilson tells BBC Sportsound: "We knew it was going to be a really tough game, Stevie has got them playing really well, but the biggest thing for us was getting the three points.
"We knew after the previous European trip we had we came back and got beat, but playing for Hearts you can't do that. You have to win on the Thursday and win again on the Sunday, and we've managed to do that, which is great.
"It was two teams that wanted to win the game. Sometimes you play a team that want to sit in and try and get set-plays. But Motherwell were very open, they try to play and create chances.
"We rode our luck at times, got the three goals, so all and all I am delighted. The most important thing is we go into the international break third in the league."
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Stephen Craigan
Former Motherwell defender on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessageYour eyes don't lie. Yes, Motherwell fans will be disappointed and upset but they wanted a change of style under Stevie Hammell - exciting and entertaining football - and they're seeing that
FT: Motherwell 0-3 Hearts
Craig Levein
Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessageYoung Lewis Neilson was fantastic for Hearts today and on Thursday. He's so composed and classy.
FT: Motherwell 0-3 Hearts
It's been a good week for Hearts boss Robbie Neilson, with a Europa Conference League win in Riga on Thursday followed by this success at a ground where the Edinburgh side have struggled in recent times.
The Jambos sit third going into the international break and have home games against Rangers and Fiorentina to look forward to.
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Stephen Craigan
Former Motherwell defender on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessageYou have to take your chances. Hearts were clinical, Motherwell were not. It was one way traffic, but Motherwell just couldn't get back to 2-1. They needed that little bit of composure and finesse in front of goal
FT: Motherwell 0-3 Hearts
Craig Levein
Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessageThis was never a 3-0 game in a million years!
FT: Motherwell 0-3 Hearts
Alan Forrest was the second-half hero for Hearts, knocking in two goals.
The former Livingston winger was also on target in the midweek win over RFS in Riga and is now on to four for the season.
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Image source, SNSHearts show great resilience and a clinical touch to move up to third place.
Some black cats must have broken into Fir Park and smashed a lot of mirrors with open umbrellas this week, since Motherwell had no luck at all in front of goal.
Motherwell 0-3 Hearts
Stephen Kingsley takes a clumsy touch inside his own penalty box but recovers the situation with a brave block to make sure Hearts keep a clean sheet.
Motherwell 0-3 Hearts
Deep into injury time and Paul McGinn has a frustrated swipe at the ankles of Robert Snodgrass.
Motherwell 0-3 Hearts
Craig Levein
Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessageMotherwell just couldn't score due to either Craig Gordon or the woodwork. Hearts have been defending non-stop but they get one break and construct the goal really well
Alan Forrest
It's a cruel game on occasion.
Alan Forrest prods in his second goal after a nice touch across goal from Nathan Atkinson.
A 3-0 scoreline is utterly brutal for Motherwell, who have given so much.
Image source, BBC SportMotherwell 0-2 Hearts
Craig Levein
Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessagePlaying well and losing is the worst way of losing. It feels horrible
Motherwell 0-2 Hearts
It's just not happening for Motherwell today.
Bevis Mugabi is next to try his luck and his glancing header from near the penalty spot slips just wide.
Motherwell 0-2 Hearts
Stephen Craigan
Former Motherwell defender on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessageCraig Gordon stood still, looked at it and hoped the post or the crossbar would help him out
Motherwell 0-2 Hearts
Craig Gordon gets a bit of treatment before the next Motherwell corner.
And would you believe it? Matt Penney thunders in an even better shot that has the Hearts keeper beaten all ends up, only for it to hammer against the junction of post and crossbar.
Motherwell 0-2 Hearts
Hearts are camped deep in their own half as Motherwell win another corner. Craig Gordon punches clear and he's hobbling a bit as he gets back up. You wouldn't guess he was hurt though as he springs up to push away a rocket from Matt Penney.
Motherwell 0-2 Hearts
The home side are not giving up on this one as they continue to attack at pace. Stuart McKinstry gets his head to a corner but the ball sails straight into the arms of Craig Gordon.