Judging Rangers on Liverpool result "not fair", says Motherwell's Liam Kelly as he warns Steelmen must be at their best to get result

Liam Kelly has warned Motherwell must be at their best to get something off a wounded Rangers side in today's lunchtime Premiership clash.

The Steelmen host Gio van Bronckhorst's side just four days after they were thrashed 7-1 at home to Liverpool in the Champions League, equaling the club's worst-ever result in their history.

Fir Park skipper Kelly, who started his career at Ibrox, knows they will need to be wary of a backlash, but also feels they have what it takes to get their first win at home over Rangers in more than 20 years.

Asked if it was a good time to play Rangers, Kelly said: "We saw with Ross County... we got a good result against them [5-0] but then they went and got a good result against Livingston [1-0] so I feel you always get a good reaction after a negative result.

"We are expecting one of the toughest games of the season.

"I don't think it is fair for us to be judging them against Liverpool, to be honest.

"We are always confident in the group of players we've got that we can get a result against anyone.

"But we are not a naive group and think it will be an easy game. They've got some unbelievable players in their team who will be playing on Sunday.

"But we've got faith in the players we've got, we've got trust in the plan the manager will put in place for us and it's a game we will definitely try and win.

"In a game like this we need to understand that if we are not at our absolute best, we are going to struggle.

"We need to be well organised because Rangers are going to have long periods on the ball but we will have a go.

"The manager always wants us to have a go. Whether that be press high, sit off them, the play will be what it is.

"These are the games you are in the league for and we are hoping