Motherwell battled for a very good point against Celtic at Celtic Park, ahead of the Premiership split.Kevin van Veen levelled Callum McGregor's deflected first-half strike to take a well deserved draw back to Lanarkshire.It resembled the Alamo at times as relentless Celtic pressure was piled on the Motherwell defence throughout, but they stood up well to that onslaught, and Liam Kelly made crucial saves when needed.It wasn't so much of a smash-and-grab by Motherwell though, who created decent chances othger than their goal, and could have scored again.Captain McGregor's deflected effort got Celtic on their way in 24 minutes, and it was no more than the hosts deserved at that point.But Motherwell were much more adventurous in the second half and drew level inside 10 minutes through van Veen's 24th goal of a highly impressive season.Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou made one change to the side that beat Kilmarnock 4-1 on Sunday, as Cameron Carter-Vickers replaced Yuki Kobayashi.Motherwell gaffer Stuart Kettlewell made two changes from the side that lost 2-1 at home to Dundee United last weekend.

Callum Slattery and Harry Paton came in for Dean Cornelius and Mikael Mandron. Motherwell started well and Kevin van Veen had a shot blocked inside the opening five minutes, with Blair Spittal firing the rebound over.Celtic had chances as you might expect, but Motherwell defended well in the opening stages.The hosts created their best chance in 17 minutes when captain Callum McGregor's cross was headed by Daizen Maeda, but clawed round the left post by Liam Kelly.Alistair Johnston's driven cross from the right was touched away from Maeda in 19 minutes, withy the Celtic man sliding into the left post seconds later - thankfully he was

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