Motherwell boss Stevie Hammell says his aspect did not do sufficient within the last third to win as Kilmarnock got here again to beat them 2-1 at Rugby Park this afternoon.
The defeat drops Motherwell right down to fourth place within the Premiership desk.
Motherwell had taken the lead via Kevin van Veen in 14 minutes with an outstanding crew objective, and they need to have been additional forward.
However Danny Armstrong squeezed a shot in between Liam Kelly and the left put up in 71 minutes, and Liam Polworth's free kick led to Ash Taylor's powerfully headed winner.
The Steelmen had an opportunity to go 2-1 up at 1-1, however sub Ross Tierney's shot was effectively saved by Sam Walker after being fed by van Veen.
Hammell mentioned: "There was a second earlier than [the equaliser] once we acquired in, and it is stuff we work on each single day.
"In transition, we have to be higher within the last third. We may and may go 2-0 up if we work it higher. We work opening at 1-1 once more with Ross Tierney and we have to be taking these probabilities.
"For those who evaluate the targets and probabilities with what we gave up in the present day, it was disappointing.
"We began effectively, I believed we performed effectively for the primary half-hour I believed we did what we wished to do.
"We scored an important objective, particularly because it was openings we had labored on and we felt we may capitalise on, and it is a constructive begin to the sport, however clearly it wasn't a constructive conclusion for us.
“The second objective is nowhere close to adequate. We should not be conceding a objective like that at this stage. The boys perceive that.
"We're going to lose video games, we all know that, however the method that we misplaced that, to the objective that we did, is massively disappointing.
"We knew it was going to be powerful, coming right here. They put us beneath strain with crosses, throw-ins and stuff that we knew. I do not suppose we stood as much as that in addition to we now have accomplished, although the bodily factor of our recreation has been good."
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