Killie draw could be a massive moment in Motherwell's season, says boss

Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell reckons their draw against Kilmarnock could prove to be a massive moment in their season, and they could have succumbed to defeat.

As it is, the Steelmen have taken seven points from three games under Kettlewell's charge, as they head into a massive game at his former club Ross County next weekend.

Callum Slattery popped up with a priceless free-kick goal that went straight into the top right corner in the last minute of normal time to earn a point.

Kettlewell said: "We can sit here and say it will be massive, and what comes next in the remaining 11 games will define if it is, but I genuinely feel that it could be a big moment in our season.

"It would have been really easy for us to go under after the first half performance and not acquit ourselves as we did in the second half.

"Obviously, Callum Slattery comes up with an absolute wonder strike, but we probably had five clear-cut chances before that where we saw the whites of their goalkeeper's eyes.

"He ended up getting Man of the Match, but it wasn't for his first half performance, it was for the second half. And that signifies what we did in the second half was a lot better than the first 45.

"I thought Killie were good in the first half and we were the better side in the second half.

"When you come away from it, we had the better chances and were clean through against the keeper on five occasions but, listen, at that stage in the game, you take your point.

"Maybe if we had taken one of those opportunities earlier it becomes a different story, but it wasn't the case.

"I need to acknowledge how difficult a place this is to come. Killie have been excellent at home and they are so difficult to play against - well-organised and structured