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Motherwell boss praises disciplined performance in vital win at Ross County

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Motherwell boss Graham Alexander says he was proud of his side for their 1-0 win at Ross County today, and praised their discipline throughout a tough 90 minutes.And he paid tribute to a large, vocal support who travelled to Dingwall to cheer on their heroes through the game.Kevin Van Veen climbed off the bench to earn and score a crucial penalty winner that puts Motherwell up to fifth place in the Premiership table, ahead of their final two games.Alexander says he could hear the away fans in the 3067 crowd at the Global Energy Arena, and they played their part in the victory, which gives Motherwell a chance of sealing European football for next season.But the former Scotland international says there is a lot of hard work still to be done in clashes at home to Hearts on Wednesday and at Celtic Park on Saturday.Alexander told Motherwell's website: "I'm delighted, it was a brilliant result for us in a tough game, which we expected."I'm so proud of the players, because we've come here, I feel, on the back of a harsh 1-0 defeat [at Dundee United] last week - I thought the players played well, we had some great chances, and fortunes went against us for the goal."But we dusted ourselves down, we've worked hard this week - well the ones that could, because we've had a lot of players off with illness - but they showed that they care, they trust each other, and care for each other."Kevin Van Veen and Callum Slattery were two of the lads who were off all week, they only trained yesterday, and even that took it out of them, but we were delighted to have them on the bench,."We spoke to them before, saying there's going to be a moment when we need you both, and Kev has come up with that moment, first of all winning the penalty and

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