Graham Alexander wants more of the same from Motherwell next time out

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander urged his players to repeat their Tannadice approach when they face Ross County for another chance to get into the European places.

Well fell to a 1-0 defeat which left them four points adrift of fourth-placed Dundee United in the cinch Premiership.

Alexander’s side have now won just once in 15 league games and have not picked up three points away from home in seven months ahead of Saturday’s trip to Dingwall.

But their performance at Tannadice was among their better displays in recent months and the finer margins were well and truly against them.

Ross Tierney hit the inside of the post and Kaiyne Woolery struck the bar for Motherwell before United took the lead through Dylan Levitt’s heavily-deflected goal after an excellent one-touch passing move in the 37th minute.

The Steelmen will have main goal threat Kevin van Veen back from suspension next weekend and are just one point behind fifth-placed opponents County.

Alexander said: “It’s a great opportunity and my players showed that they want to take that opportunity.

“I spoke last week about being consistent in our mindset and how we approach things so we have to take what we did at Tannadice and take it into next week’s game and do our best.

“That’s what we did on Saturday. You can’t ask any more than that and I thought the players were excellent. I am really happy with them. I know sometimes things go against you, which they did, but I can’t ask any more from my players.”

Alexander did not fill his bench with the likes of Stephen O’Donnell, Nathan McGinley, Sondre Solholm, Liam Shaw and Jordan Roberts missing along with Barry Maguire, who is ruled out for the season.

“I hope we can get some back but we can’t rush players along if