MOTHERWELL boss Stephen Robinson was happy to see his side match the fighting qualities and spirit of Ross County in their goalless draw.
While County are fighting for their top-flight survival, Well are all-but safe, so Robinson believes matching the desire of the Staggies was a big positive to take out of the match.
"Is it mathematically safe? I'll make sure we're mathematically safe before I say anything," said Robinson.
"It was a tough game, it was always going to be with Ross County fighting for their lives. It was two teams that were holding nothing back, there were some hefty challenges.
"Ross County are a competitive side with some very good footballers as well, I'm surprised they're down that end of the table.
"So if we don't match them physically, they're a big side, look at the team at the end they're a big, big side, and credit to us we matched them."
County's co-manager Steven Ferguson echoed the same sentiment, proud of how his players battled through against the Scottish Cup finalists.
Chances were few and far between, but both sides exerted periods of pressure on their opposition without managing to find that decisive breakthrough.
"We felt it was always going to be a really tough game for us today and we had to match Motherwell in the way we do things - and I felt we did that," added Ferguson.
"Every one of our players, those who started and the ones who came on, really played their part in fighting for every little scrap.
"We defended well. There weren't many chances for either team and probably the best chance fell to us.
"It was always going to be that kind of game. We needed to make sure we weren't steam-rollered today and we weren't."
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