Celtic v Motherwell: Injury update as Steelmen left 'little bare' ahead of clash

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander admits he'll have to make alterations to his side against Celtic this afternoon as injuries appear again.

After a small period without many fitness concerns, Alexander now has some issues to deal with for the trip to Parkhead.

Last week's 1-1 draw with Hibs had Motherwell finish the game with one fit centre-back, Bevis Mugabi. Ricki Lamie limped off in the match while Sondre Solholm Johansen and Juhani Ojala were already missing through injury.

The Fir Park boss has scooped November's Manager of the Month award after three wins from four in the month, coming off the back of a tough October where they didn't win a match.

Alexander reckons his side have been brilliant in their response to that, but head to face Celtic in Glasgow down on numbers.

He said: “We are a little bit bare to be honest. We have a few injury issues from last week and previous weeks so we might have to change players and a little bit of what we have been doing recently because of the personnel.

“We will give those players every chance of being fit for Sunday but I can’t see it being the same team this week as it was last.

"We are looking forward to it – it’s a chance to see how much we have improved, certainly in the last month, because it’s one of the sternest tests you are going to face.

"The players deserve immense credit for coming back from that and showing what a good team we are, what a good squad we are, because we haven’t just used the same 11 players, we have had to use the full squad.

“That’s what has pleased me most, that we have looked at things, we have tried to improve, we have improved.

“The players have bought into what we had to do to make those improvements. That for me is worth more than anything, because I know you are working with good personalities, good characters, good footballers.

“But we have got to maintain that consistency. That trait is what we are chasing and I think we’ve got the players to do that.”

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