Jefferies: Killie just need a break

Hosts Killie dominated possession and territory in the first half but failed to trouble Well keeper Graeme Smith in a goalless draw.Kevin Kyle headed a good chance wide and Smith saved well from Manuel Pascali's header in an even second half but Motherwell could have snatched victory in injury-time when David Clarkson volleyed over from 12 yards.Falkirk's 4-0 victory over Inverness later yesterday leaves Killie just three points off the bottom but Jefferies is convinced relegation will not be an issue if his team perform as they did.He explained: "If you're building up play and putting balls in the box - okay one or two in the first half could have been a wee bit better - then sometimes you need a wee break."If you look at what Motherwell did at the end, they put a couple of balls in the box and it fell for them to get shots, which they put over the bar."That never happened for us, it always fell for them. And that's what it's been like for us."I couldn't fault the players' effort, we tried to get it down. As long as we keep playing like that, we'll get enough points to make sure we're okay."David Fernandez and Mehdi Taouil were key to Killie's promising first-half play after shaking off injuries to return to the starting line-up.Fernandez shares his manager's belief that all they need is some luck to secure their first SPL win since beating Hibernian on December 27."We have been playing like this for most of the season," the 33-year-old Spaniard said. "It's all about getting breaks and not conceding goals. We've been doing that too often."We're in this position because of that, not because we've been playing badly."We have confidence about the team. It's just a bit annoying because, the way we are playing, we should be able to get more points."Eventually it will come. We cannot be so unlucky. We had most of the game, eventually we will get a break and after that it's going to be much easier for us."Motherwell were not at their flowing best but their defence rarely looked like conceding.Mark McGhee's side have now lost just once in 12 SPL matches and centre-back Mark Reynolds feels they have developed a resolute streak which will give them every chance of securing a top-six place."I think we have turned a corner that way, where two or three months ago that would have been a game where we got beaten," the 21-year-old said."It's great that we're more solid and it gives the boys up front the chance to get a goal that could be the winner."Because we have seen so often in this league, it's usually the team that scores first that wins the game, so it's great we can put up a solid front."

Source: Team_Talk