Kevin van Veen suffered a sleepless night time after Motherwell tossed away a two-goal lead in opposition to 10-man Kilmarnock however is wakeful to the problem of attempting to shock Rangers as he seems to finish Michael Beale’s excellent begin to life as Gentle Blues boss.
The Dutchman was fuming as he labelled the Steelmen “unprofessional” following the draw in opposition to the Ayrshiremen at Fir Park which leaves Steven Hammell’s males with one win from their final 9 in a depressing run that has additionally seen them lose six. Now they head to Ibrox on Wednesday to face a rejuvenated Rangers beneath Beale, who has received three on the spin since leaving QPR to succeed Giovanni van Bronckhorst. It’s an enormous problem for the Lanarkshire males however Van Veen mentioned: “They're expansive so there shall be areas to take advantage of. Once we are on our sport we will shock anybody within the league.
“I would be mendacity if I mentioned I slept simple after the Kilmarnock sport however hopefully we will shock Rangers on Wednesday and get a end result. It should be a unique problem. It is a massive stadium, in entrance of a giant crowd, in opposition to a extremely good staff. We should be higher or at our greatest for going to Ibrox on Wednesday. It is onerous as a result of I am an emotional individual and I will nonetheless be offended however we have to get our noses in the precise course as a result of it is a lengthy season.”
Van Veen and Callum Slattery struck and Motherwell appeared to be crusing in direction of three factors when Killie midfielder Alan Energy was proven a straight crimson card however Paul McGinn’s personal purpose and ex-Properly man Liam Polworth’s purpose noticed the factors shared.
Van Veen mentioned: “It was unbelievable. Sadly, each single time the opposition go a person down they punish us. It occurred final season in opposition to Ross County and it is nonetheless occurring and it is unprofessional. It felt like a defeat.
"I am simply being lethal trustworthy. I do know I sound a bit damaging and I do know we obtained a degree from the match however within the place we had been in we should always by no means have drawn.
"We had been cruising and I clearly blame myself. However I hope the opposite gamers look within the mirror and take into consideration what the issue was.”
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