Motherwell interim manager Steven Hammell disappointed to go down to late defeat

Motherwell interim manager Steven Hammell admitted it was a hard one to take as his side conceded a last-minute goal from Stevie May as they lost 2-1 to St Johnstone at Fir Park.

The manner of the defeat was particularly sore for the hosts given they had got themselves level only moments earlier, as Sean Goss’ deep corner found its way over the line after touches from Sondre Solholm and Graham Carey to cancel out Jamie Murphy’s first-half opener for the Saints.

Hammell also revealed he has received no further update regarding the vacant manager’s position at the Fir Park club.

He said: “Nothing’s changed and it’s the last thing on my mind just now, it’s just an overriding feeling of disappointment.

“That’s nothing to do with me, that’s out of my control and I’ll let the people who make those decisions do whatever they feel is best.

“It was a game we were confident we’d put everything into the preparation and we would get a positive result. It’s never easy but to lose it the way we did, it’s a hard one to take.

“The first goal is a straight long ball, with the second striker running so it’s the most basic movement and we struggled with it.

“The second one, again, is a long ball and we make an absolute mess of it which results in a corner and we’re still looking to chase the game and win the game.

“In the second phase, we switch off which can’t happen and the two goals we lose are poor.”

The interim boss also revealed defender Jake Carroll will be out for a period of time after suffering an injury in training on Friday.

He added: “Unfortunately he got a bad injury in training, it was really innocuous – there was nobody within five or six yards of him and it looks a real bad one for Jake which is a massive blow for us