Dan Casey was rather amused to be the subject of a ‘viral’ clip recently, if only with the benefit of hindsight and from a position where his controversial red card against Kilmarnock had been overturned.

The Motherwell defender is hoping though that he can attract attention for all the right reasons when his team take on Rangers at Fir Park tomorrow.

Casey’s dismissal against Killie after a spot of handbags with Danny Armstrong drew derision and disbelief from football fans all over the world, particularly as referee Chris Graham stuck by his on-field call after viewing the incident on the VAR screen.

Thankfully for Casey, justice was finally done after an appeal, with his punishment downgraded to yellow, and he is now hoping to repeat his feat of last season when his headed goal saw Motherwell shock Rangers in a 2-1 win at Ibrox.

And, perhaps, go viral once more.

“The reaction was a bit funny,” Casey said.

“I don't know, it was a Friday night and there weren't many games on. It just seemed to get a lot of attention - probably not for the right reasons.

“My phone was melting with all the messages. It was a funny one. It would have been nicer if it was because I got a goal - not being sent off. It's just one of those things. I hope the next time I go viral it’s for something better!

“That was frustrating, but thankfully the right result came out at the end. It's not a great look for the league. I don't think anyone there on the day could even believe it happened.

“But listen, people make mistakes. In every walk of life, mistakes are made so I think we just need to get on with it. The appeal was won thankfully and we just need to move on.

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“It was a funny one. And I think everyone's seen it was a funny one. But nobody's perfect, so there are no grudges held.

“Everyone makes mistakes, and we move on from it.”

Unfortunately for both Casey and Motherwell, they have more than just that red card incident to shake off, after their 4-0 humbling at Celtic Park on Boxing Day.

Their history against Rangers at Fir Park also doesn’t bode well for the Steelmen’s chances tomorrow, having not won on league duty against the Ibrox side since Boxing Day 2002 – though they did beat them comfortably in the relegation playoffs back in 2015.

“I wasn’t aware of the history, but we won at Ibrox recently, which is probably a harder place to do it,” Casey said.

“We know that we can do it. It's going to be a very tough task. We just need to prepare for that and look forward to a good opportunity to go and put the Celtic result behind us.

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“We had a game plan and we were doing quite well in the first half, carrying it out pretty much to a tee. We knew we weren't going to create much and we had to take any opportunity we had.

“We had to make sure we were clinical and you hoped you would get one or two when the game sort of opened up a bit. So, to concede just on half-time is a bit of a killer.

“We could have still scored at the start of the second, but we were unlucky when it got cleared off the line.

“But after that, we just let our standards drop and it was very disappointing.”