Motherwell have pulled ourselves out worse runs than this - we'll get it right, says Kelly

Liam Kelly says Motherwell pulled themselves out of a horror run before Stuart Kettlewell took charge, and only need one moment to do so again.

Goalkeeper Kelly hopes that comes against St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park on Tuesday, but knows it’s going to be difficult.

Kettlewell’s first game in charge was a 2-1 victory at home to St Mirren on February 15, but by that point the Steelmen were on a run of 11 league games without a win.

The final straw for then-boss Stevie Hammell proved to be a 3-1 defeat at Raith Rovers that saw them crash out of the Scottish Cup.

Kelly knows that was far worse, though Motherwell have now only taken a point from seven Premiership matches, following Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Kilmarnock, courtesy of an Innes Cameron strike.

Motherwell follow up Tuesday’s trip to Perth with a home game against beaten Viaplay Cup semi-finalists Hearts, but says they’re taking it a game at a time before the international break.

The Fir Park skipper said: “It’s just one as far as we’re concerned, because all we’re focused on now is the game at St Johnstone on Tuesday night.

“They beat this good Kilmarnock team up there last midweek so it’s going to be another tough game. They’ll be buoyant after that and fresh because they didn’t have a match at the weekend.

“It’s a challenge but life is challenging – it’s not going to be smooth sailing all the way through, is it?

“Ever since the manager took charge in February, our results were incredible up until mid-September. The last couple of months haven’t been easy.

“We should also remember that we’re nowhere near on as bad a run as we were last season [before Kettlewell came in].

“That was much worse but we still pulled ourselves out of it and we see loads of ways out of