Motherwell fans can vent their frustrations while we get a result against Celtic, says defender

Stephen O’Donnell knows Motherwell have let their fans down, but hopes they can vent their frustrations and roar Motherwell to a shock win over Celtic on Sunday.

The Lanarkshire side have come to the end of a sequence of four away games in a row, falling to three defeats and a draw.

In the latter two of those, Motherwell were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at St Johnstone, before losing to the same opposition at McDiarmid Park in the Premiership as well.

Andy Halliday’s fourth-minute penalty had the visitors in the lead until Taylor Steven levelled in 86 minutes, with Bozo Mikulic netting the winner two minutes later.

O’Donnell is well aware of the task facing Motherwell as they come up against defending champions Celtic, but hopes home advantage can help.

He said: “You go through spells in seasons where it’s poor runs, poor performances.

“I think what we have is a management staff that get you in, work you hard and you know your role and what’s expected of you.

“That just has to go again. When players under perform, that’s sadly the downside of football.

“It will be nice to be back at Fir Park, the fans quite rightly will have their frustrations to vent out.

“Hopefully they can vent them out as we put in a display against the best team in the league and get a result.

“It would be a great catalyst to maybe rebuild our confidence if that’s what is missing.

“Certainly, it’s a game on telly – you don’t need any extra motivation for what will hopefully be a good performance.”

O’Donnell admits Motherwell let fans down again in Perth, but also themselves.

He said: “It’s pretty frustrating. The most frustrated I’ve been because in previous weeks we’ve not really given ourselves a chance - and we did that today.

“We started