Motherwell boss hails effort in Celtic defeat amid "serious" injury concern for star

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Motherwell boss Steven Hammell was pleased with the effort his depleted side showed against a Celtic side he admits is "one of the best" the top flight has seen in years.But he fears those efforts have come at a cost with a "serious" injury to defender Bevis Mugabi after a challenge by Aaron Mooy, as well as concerns for striker Kevin van Veen and midfield duo Stuart McKinstry and Ross Tierney.The Steelmen were edged out by the Hoops at Fir Park after goals from Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda were enough to seal victory, despite Tierney pulling a goal back late on.Celtic remain seven points clear at the top of the Premiership after their third win over 'Well this season.Despite the result, Hammell was happy with the effort his side displayed against the league leaders, with a squad that was already suffering with injuries.He said: "I think tonight has been consistent with our season."Again it's a narrow loss by the odd goal against a very good opposition."They are one of the best teams I've seen in the league for years and we are absolutely at the bare bones."We try and win every game we play in.

I know it is not working out that way right now, but we put a lot into the game again tonight."At no point this season tonight or this season have we come away and though: 'yeah, we were well beaten there.'"We are putting a lot in without getting the end product and I understand that is the most important thing, so it is important we turn that around."The longer the game went on, for sure, [they could have taken something from the game]."As the game went on, I felt we played with more momentum second half and intensity."We played higher up the pitch and we were a bit more aggressive with it."But, again, we just fell short."On