Scott McDonald has made a career out of scoring goals, but unfortunately for the Aussie forward, and the rest of the Steelmen, his strike against St Johnstone two weeks ago wasn’t enough as Motherwell lost 2-1 at home.
But McDonald remains optimistic – and he believes that there will be plenty more goals to come this season for Stephen Robinson’s side ahead of this weekend’s clash with Rangers.
That sense of optimism is reflected in the Aussie forwards goal against Tommy Wright’s St Johnstone last time out at Fir Park.
Having missed a golden opportunity to equalise just minutes before, the forward made no mistake on the stroke of half time, firing the Fir Parkers back in to the match.
“I missed a clear sitter just before this so I was delighted to get the chance straight after that,” McDonald admitted; “Moulty did ever so well in the build up, then Craig follows in with the shot which rebounds for me.
[pullquote]Without realising how many players are between myself and the goal, I just turn, swivel and it’s more of a natural sort of finish for a striker on the half turn, I just had to hit it as clean as I could.[/pullquote]
“I’m on the half turn and, due to the chance I missed before that, I wanted to make sure I could make up for that and make amends.”
He added: “Without realising how many players are between myself and the goal, I just turn, swivel and it’s more of a natural sort of finish for a striker on the half turn, I just had to hit it as clean as I could.
“It’s amazing how many times as a centre forward in these sorts of moments where the ball goes through defenders legs.
“So for me, in this moment, it was best to just buy a ticket and hope I win the prize.”
The equaliser from Motherwell’s number 77 was his eighth in the league, and the Australian, who is equally keen to turn provider, hopes for more celebrations this weekend.
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