Mark McGhee was left frustrated as his Motherwell side crashed to a 1-3 home defeat against Inverness Caley Thistle at the weekend. Nothing seemed to go Motherwell’s way in terms of breaks, chances or even refereeing decisions. Caley took the lead from the penalty spot through Greg Tansey after a re-take for encroachment. Thistle doubled their lead when Miles Storey scored before halftime with a huge deflection wrong-footing goalkeeper Connor Ripley. Motherwell hit the bar before Iain Vigurs crashed home a stunning third. Louis Moult netted his seventh of the campaign to give Motherwell some hope but the game ended 1-3. To make matters worse, Stephen McManus picked up a second yellow in the last moments of the game, which means he will now be suspended for the trip to Ross County.
After reflecting on the efforts, McGhee said: "I came out of it still finding a lot of good in it. The result is obviously hugely disappointing, it’s not the result I expected or wanted. The game got away from us. I thought the referee had a poor game too, but the referee is our best referee. At some point he is going to have his worst game. We have our worst game sometimes and today I thought he had his. You can argue all you like about the penalty, it hit his arm but he’s not looking at the ball. I don’t know, maybe it is a penalty? As far as following into the box, if you watch any penalty tonight on the TV, every single one would look the same. People will be following in. I imagine I’ve seen it before but I’ve not seen it for a long, long time that I can remember where the referee made them take it again because somebody stepped in. People do it."