Referee Tom Brown has an absolute stinker of a game, allowing Motherwell to "hoof them off" the park, the he had an amazing run of inconsistent calls predominantly against Killie, leaving the traveling support absolutely cheated out of their 17 quid !!

New signing Michael Ngonge gave the visitors the lead before Andy Dow bagged the equaliser with his first goal for the club.

But former Watford and QPR striker Ngonge went from hero to villain when he  was sent off after two  questionable bookings.

The plot thickened, however, and Ally Mitchell looked to have given Kilmarnock their first win of the season, only for Elliott to have the final say and leave both sides on two points for the season.

In between the goals and the excitement, the pitch resembled a war zone with eight players receiving yellow cards, including Ngonge's cautions.

After a sluggish start, nobody could have envisaged what was to come as the drama unfolded.

The match livened up in the seventh minute when the first decent move of the game brought the opening goal for the visitors.

New signing Mickael Pizzo sent Ally Mitchell through and the midfielder hit a first-time shot against the upright which rebounded to Ngonge, who fired home from close range.

Motherwell were clearly rattled by the opener and the pace of Ngonge, and Scott Leitch and Karl Ready both received yellow cards for reckless tackles on the striker within two minutes.

But the home side were on level terms in the 13th minute with the second quality move of the match.

David Kelly sent Kevin Twaddle away down the right and he swung in another right-footed cross to the far side for Dow to head over Gordon Marshall and into the far corner of the net.

Ngonge tried to regain the advantage in the 15th minute, but he drilled a long-range free-kick just over the bar.

The visitors went agonisingly close again in the 20th minute when Pizzo fired Peter Canero's corner just past the post.

But tempers began to flair and in the 27th minute Ngonge was booked for an innocuous but needless challenge on goalkeeper Mark Brown. (he never touched him however)

Referee Tom Brown was beginning to lose control as the tackles flew in and Kilmarnock had Chris Innes booked on the half hour.

But Ngonge would live to regret his earlier discretion as he received his marching orders in the 37th minute for a reckless foul on Steven Hammell. Brown had no option but to show him another card.

Motherwell boss Davies took Ready, who was clearly fired up, out of the firing line in the 40th minute and he was replaced by Eddie Forest.

Moments later Martyn Corrigan unleashed a dipping right-foot shot from long range which just flew over the crossbar.

Davies also decided to leave skipper Leitch, who was also on a yellow card, in the dressing room at half-time and on in his place came Derek Adams.

But Kilmarnock almost took the lead in the 62nd minute and only some desperate defending from the home side kept them at bay.

Mitchell's corner caused all kinds of problems and Greg Strong had to head off the line from Sean Hessey. Adams did the same to deny Innes from scoring his second goal in a week.

Killie boss Williamson again had to change things round as Pizzo hobbled off to be replaced by Mark Reilly.

Motherwell looked to be the side who were a man down and in the 68th minute they had their keeper to thank for keeping them on level terms.

Paul di Giacomo spun in the box before letting fly with a fierce right-foot shot, which the keeper did well to save.

But the controversy was not over and in the 75th minute Motherwell's Elliott was the next man booked for a crude challenge on Innes, which was right under the nose of Brown.

Killie boss Williamson clearly felt he could still take all three points and replaced Di Giacomo with Andy McLaren, which was to prove the masterstroke moments with seven minutes left.

The winger flew to the byline and picked out the unmarked Mitchell at the back post and he volleyed emphatically past Brown from close range.

But the story was not ended and in the dying seconds of injury (hoofing time) time Elliott stooped to head home Twaddle's inch-perfect cross past Marshall to break the hearts of the 10 men from Rugby Park.