Kevin van Veen was ill all week but ended up leaving Ross County sickened after causing 'chaos' in Dingwall.The Dutch striker climbed off the bench in '64 minutes and within four minutes had won and scored a penalty for a foul by Alex Iacovitti that saw Motherwell leap-frog their hosts into fifth place in the Premiership table.Van Veen was one of a few players who hadn't been well all week, which also included Callum Slattery, but was pleased to play his part in a crucial 1-0 win at the Global Energy Stadium.He said: "I wasn’t available all week because I was very ill.
I didn’t train at all.“I only got selected today because of all the illnesses. I still had some of the effects but I was able to play a part and that happened."I created a bit of chaos for the penalty, put it away and took the three points for my team.
It has been a happy day.”Ross County's players and bench were furious with the decision to award van Veen a spot-kick, but the former Scunthorpe hit man says referee David Munro got it right."I can tell you it was 100 per cent a penalty," he said. "Connor Shields crossed the ball and their defenders were aggressive and eager to win everything."I am in the box, I nicked it in front of the defender and he clattered my calf.
I couldn’t even stand up if I wanted to because he put me to the floor."I went down, got the penalty and put it away."For me, I didn’t dive or search for anything.
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