Motherwell 'put it right to Celtic' so we need to stay positive for St Johnstone clash, says Ross Tierney

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Ross Tierney says Motherwell need to stay positive to turn they poor run of results around after 'putting it right to Celtic' on Wednesday night.The Irishman bagged his first goal for the Steelmen late on in the clash but it proved to be a mere consolation after strikes from Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda ensured a 2-1 win for the Hoops.However, he is confident if they can produce the same kind of performance at St Johnstone on Saturday that will get them three points to take into the break for the World Cup, amid a run of six defeats in seven games that has them ninth in the Premiership.The 21-year-old said: “We have just got to stay positive.

Celtic are top of the league for a reason and they were in Europe and we know we put it right to them."I think Celtic were a bit under pressure after our goal but we are disappointed not to get any points.“Every game apart from the cup game [the 4-0 defeat to Celtic], we have been really well in it.

It was disappointing that our second-half performance was decent and we didn’t get a result.“But we know if we bring the workrate and the quality on Saturday, we can get a result."One of the lads said we are only six points off third, which means we can’t get down.“If we win on Saturday, we go into the break on a high and can come back with a good run of results“The past month or six weeks has been a tough run of games."We’ve seen the downfall of that with points, but we know the performances have been there and we just need to start picking up points.”Tierney's volley in the 86th minute was his first goal in 15 appearances this season and he admitted he thought VAR was about to chalk it off.He added: "I thought I was offside when it first came over my shoulder from Slats (Callum