Alfred Johansson: Motherwell win over HB Torshavn down to bravery and loyalty

Alfred Johansson admitted he could not have asked for any more in his first assignment as Motherwell manager after the Steelmen cruised to a 5-0 aggregate win over HB Torshavn in the Conference League qualifiers.Goals from Lukas Fadinger, Regan Charles-Cook and Dylan Williams earned Johansson’s side a 3-0 second-leg victory on an artificial surface in the Faroe Islands.The Swede had been without eight injured players in the first leg and saw Elliot Watt and Elijah Just depart in the build-up to the tie, while five summer signings had arrived after much of Motherwell’s pre-season work was done.But, without a recognised centre-forward starting either leg because of injury, they comfortably navigated a tricky tie to make a positive start to life after Jens Berthel Askou.Johansson said: “We ar