Graham Alexander pleased with fighting spirt but would prefer team take the lead

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander would prefer his team to start scoring first in matches but believes their never-say-die attitude can stand them in good stead.

The Steelman came from two goals down to claim a point at Ibrox on Sunday to continue a recent trend of fightbacks.

They have come from behind to knock both Morton and Aberdeen out of the Scottish Cup, snatched a last-gasp equaliser against St Mirren and finished strongly against the Dons to claim another point.

They have not won in the league since the last time they opened the scoring in any game, a 2-1 victory over Livingston on December 26.

Netting first against Ross County on Wednesday could help but Alexander is not making too much of a deal over scoring the opening goal following their unlikely comeback against Rangers.

On their never-say-die spirit, he said: “It’s something we have tried to instil day in, day out, since we came in but it’s down to the players to keep believing in themselves and each other. We have players that can come off the bench and impact games.

“But it comes from the character and personality of the players to be able to come back.

“It is about the scoreline at the end of the game, not who scores first. The stats tell you that the first goal is quite important, but not game defining.

“Ideally we want to take the lead but it was good to see the players show that unity.

“The game is about 95 minutes. We talk about regardless of if we score, they score, we maintain what we have to do and focus on on everything we have talked about or worked on in the days prior to the game.

“Even at 2-0 the other day we didn’t want to go hell for leather, we still had to have real good defensive discipline to make sure we didn’t give anything else