Levitt’s revved of engine room

outfit can enjoy a free hit against the Glasgow giants.

“We expect to take points from every game,” he added.

“With the players that we have, we can control a game, we can grind out results and we have squad depth. Hopefully, we can take points from them.”

Motherwell were a lick of paint away from claiming the lead after eight minutes.

A fairly routine punt forward was misjudged by Liam Smith, allowing Ross Tierney to scamper towards goal. However, the young forward’s curling effort rattled the post.

Meekison sparkled for the hosts in the opening stages, intelligently finding pockets of space, retaining possession and showing a willingness to burst forward. A real talent.

However, in a rare error, it was the teenager who lost possession in the engine room to allow Motherwell to produce a slick counter-attack and smack the cross-bar through Kaiyne Woolery.

Meekison, seemingly at the heart of everything, then shot wide from the edge of the box.

Tierney, a waspish, energetic presence in claret-and-amber, fizzed an effort narrowly off target from 25 yards. United made their first shot on target count.

A delightful passing move saw Meekison find Tony Watt with a sumptuous back-flick.

The Scotland striker then fed Levitt, whose shot took a lucky deflection and looped beyond Liam Kelly.

Given they had shipped 16 points from winning positions in their prior eight Premiership games, United should be credited for remaining in the ascendancy.

A super sliding block by Juhani Ojala was required to thwart Watt from a tight angle as the second half commenced, while Meekison lashed a speculative shot over the bar.

The tireless Scott McMann robbed Mark O’Hara before stinging the palms of Kelly.

Joe Efford threatened from distance as Motherwell – with one win in 2022 to date – sought parity. Ricki Lamie, due to join Dundee this summer, then rose highest to meet a Callum Slattery free-kick, only to flash his header inches wide.

Benji Siegrist made a fine instinctive save to deny Tierney in the dying embers.

scoring the priceless winner against Motherwell at the weekend to boost the Tannadice side’s European hopes.