Motherwell star will be on the wind-up ahead of St Johnstone clash

Motherwell defender Liam Gordon says there’s no room for friends in football and joked that he’ll wind up St Johnstone striker Nicky Clark ahead of their Premiership clash on Saturday.

Gordon sits out the second match of a suspension during the Fir Park showdown, courtesy of a late red card in the 3-0 defeat at home to Celtic on October 30, when VAR decided his tackle on Adam Idah was worth more than a booking.

But that won’t stop him from trying to annoy his former team-mates before they head to Lanarkshire.

Gordon said: “Unfortunately I’m suspended for that one, and I’m a bit gutted about that, but I’m sure the boys will put in another good performance and get the three points, just like they did at Tannadice last midweek [2-1 win].

“I’m fully confident in them doing so, so I’ll be looking forward to watching it.

“I’ll maybe be on the wind-up this week, get on the phone to Nicky Clark and give him a few bits of abuse!

“I’ve got a few friends still there, but it will be business as usual, there’s no friends in football, and we will be fully focused on trying to take the three points off of them.”

Motherwell dropped down to fifth in the table, but with a game in hand over Dundee United, who drew 1-1 at Hibs while the Steelmen exited the Premier Sports Cup semi-final with a 2-1 defeat to holders Rangers at Hampden.

Gordon says Motherwell did everything they could to reach the final against Celtic in December, but reckons they might get back to Hampden in the Scottish Cup.

He said: “It was very frustrating to get knocked out. We had eyes on going to the final, but we were obviously up against a good level of opposition in Rangers, and it’s always an uphill task, isn’t it.

“We were going out to the game, all I asked from