KEITH Lasley is convinced Motherwell can recover from their humiliating 7-2 mauling by Aberdeen by getting a result undefeated Celtic at Parkhead tomorrow.
Lasley and his team mates were blown away by the second-placed side in a rearranged Ladbrokes Premiership match at Pittodrie on Wednesday evening.
However, the Steelmen skipper is confident that his team, who will have Scott McDonald back, can regroup and give the Scottish champions another scare away from home.
“It was a bad night against Aberdeen,” he said. “It is hard to take and will be until we come to the game on Saturday, which we will be prepared for.
“I know it is hard saying this in the wake of what happened at Aberdeen, but we still feel capable. It might be hard for our fans to listen to that and take that, but we still do belief in ourselves.
“We will go away and dust ourselves down and still believe that. We have some big games before the split and we still feel capable (of finishing in the top six).”
Motherwell nearly inflicted the first domestic defeat of the 2016/17 campaign on Brendan Rodgers’s side back at the start of December.
They were leading 2-0 and 3-1 at home and were left devastated at the end when a last-minute Tom Rogic goal secured a remarkable 4-3 victory for Celtic.
But Lasley added: “What gives us hope is that we have given them a game in recent times. We will back ourselves and we do inside our dressing room.
“I know how our fans will be feeling right now and I just ask them to stick with us. We believe we can still have a good end to the season.
“It doesn’t get any easier, but we will get the heads up for the Celtic game and prepare properly. We’ll come up with the best way forward. The manager is more than capable of doing that. He has certainly shown that in the past.
“We have given them a game in recent times. It is going to be tough, of course it is. Everyone finds it tough there and we are not any different – but that is football and anybody can win on any given day.”
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