MOTHERWELL manager Stephen Robinson held his hands up after defeat to Celtic last night, saying that opposition striker Odsonne Edouard was unplayable.

Robinson believes that the Frenchman is probably the best player in the Premiership, and he said that some of his defenders will be having nightmares after facing the forward when he was on the top of his game.

“It was a horrible [experience] for some of them,” Robinson said. “He’s unplayable at times.

“It creates gaps and they punish you. He’s an excellent player. That’s what you get for £10 million.

“Edouard is arguably the best player in the league.

“It’s very difficult. After a very good first half we never took our chances. You have to take them.

“They got a ricochet for the first goal after we lost it. Second goal there was a heavy touch and with the quality they have they punished us. They were ruthless and you just had to admire some of their quality.

“What I’ll take out of it is a good performance first half. Am I happy with that? No. We deserved to be beat by four because they punished us and that’s the level.”

As well as the positive of remaining three points clear in third following Aberdeen’s home defeat to St Johnstone, Robinson was encouraged by the debut showing of winger Rolando Aarons, with the on-loan Newcastle United man showing up well in the hour he managed.

“He’s not up to speed and was cramping at the start of the second half,” Robinson said.

“He’s definitely a player who gives more degree of certainty than I’ve got. It’s been a flip of the coin who plays up front.

“But look at the levels we’re working at and compare the subs they made to ours. We’ve got lucky with the results tonight and we stay where we are. We’ll reset and improve the boys’ understanding as we have four winnable games coming up.”