Motherwell boss blasts cheap goal as fans boo Steelmen off pitch after costly late lapse
dailyrecord.co.ukMotherwell boss Steven Hammell was left lamenting his side's failure to do the basics right after they switched off late on to allow Ross County's Jordy Hiwula Mayifuila to snatch a point just seconds after he came onto the field.Stuart McKinstry struck in the 68th minute to put the Steelmen on course for their first win in seven games and a first home win since October, but Staggies substitute Mayifuila made an instant impact as he netted grabbed the equaliser 10 minutes from time after replacing Yan Dhanda.Motherwell failed to deal with a throw-in and ex-Well player Jordan White fed Mayifuila through to score and Hammell said: "The player has come on the pitch straight away.
Our setup is fine for the throw-in but we just don't deal with the basics."It is everything we speak about in terms of team like that who play in that style, especially in those conditions."It's first contact, second balls, matching runners, all that stuff.
Just dealing with the basics of the game."That's where the goal has come from."The message before the game was that our attitude and application towards our defending was going to win us the game."The message was if we keep a clean sheet, we win this game.
We felt we had enough in the team to hurt the opposition and score, which we did."If we could have kept the door shut we would have seen it over the line but the goal is cheap."We are frustrated.
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk
