Blair Spittal knows people will label Motherwell as a one-man team... and doesn’t care.Kevin van Veen was again their hero on Saturday as his late penalty strike gave them a 1-0 home win over Ross County.That provided another record for the Dutchman, taking his scoring record to nine consecutive games, and putting him one away from equaling that set by Celtic hero Mark Viduka back in 2000.It also gave Motherwell three wins in a row for the first time in this campaign, and equalled last season’s points tally of 46, with two games to go.The goal also took van Veen’s season total to an incredible 27.Blair Spittal is the nearest marksman at the club with five, and hopes they can keep hold of their 31-year-old talisman.As they prepare for a visit to Livingston tomorrow night ahead of the season finale against Dundee United at Fir Park, Spittal said: “In the dressing room afterwards he was keen to tell us he’s broken another record.“Folk will probably look upon us as a one-man team, but we don’t mind.“Kevin knows better and we feel we have threats from all over the pitch.“While we have him there to stick them away just now, there will be openings for the rest of us as well.“I hope we can [keep hold of him].
Kevin deserves all the plaudits he’s getting, and he’s brilliant to play with.“We’re going into games now just knowing he’s going to score.“He will probably be a bit upset about some of the ones he didn’t do better with against County, but that’s just his character.“He managed to get the one that counted eventually and, hopefully, he will get a few more in these last two matches.“He doesn’t let misses get to him – he knows we have the players in the side who will create more chances for him.“It was a penalty in this case,
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