Max Johnston says Motherwell going toe-to-toe with champions Celtic and emerging with a point shows how unified they are as a squad.The Lanarkshire side worked their socks off as Celtic threw everything they had at them, after Kevin van Veen equalised Callum McGregor’s deflected first-half strike.That saw Stuart Kettlewell’s side become the first Premiership side to take any points from Celtic Park this season, and Johnston admits it shows how far they have come since staring relegation in the face earlier in the campaign.The young defender said: “Going toe-to-toe with Celtic and coming away with a point shows our togetherness.“We’ve all stuck together and the new manager has helped as well – he’s brought us all back together, and we worked hard as a team, which showed at Celtic.“We’ve really built a team here and hopefully we can keep that going for the last five games.“A result like that gives us a bit of confidence, so we need to take that into the next five games and finish as high up the league as possible.“We might as well go as good as we can get, so seventh is the target.“We were pushing for top six and came up short, but we’re still really positive and we know we can push to the end of the season and get as many wins as possible.”Johnston played his part in the win, keeping Daizen Maeda quiet during the first half, and had a chance himself to nick a second goal for Motherwell.He said: “It was a really tough game.
We knew it was going to be a hard place to come, but the boys gave 100 per cent, everybody worked their socks off.“It was a really good test, playing against top players, so I really enjoyed it.“I’m happy with my performance, but I’m more happy that we got a result as a team.“A draw is a really good
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