Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin Its one o

Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin admits defensive blunders have very likely cost them their top-flight status after a 3-0 home defeat by Kilmarnock left them needing a football miracle.Cinch Premiership bottom club United Mathieu Perreault Jersey need to beat in-form Motherwell at Fir Park on Sunday and hope Killie beat Ro s County and somehow engineer an eight-goal swing along the way.Goodwin appeared to be masterminding a United revival after being appointed as the clubs third manager of the season on March 1 but they have now lost four matches on the trot.United gifted Kyle Va sell two first-half goals and never really looked like getting back into the game before substitute Innes Cameron netted late on following a counter-attack.Goodwin said: I came in and people thought I was mad, but I genuinely thought I could turn it around and we did get a bounce Teemu Selanne Jersey from the players.Unfortunately the defensive frailties reared their head again and ultimately thats whats cost us. Its one of the lowest points in my career.We will go to Motherwell on Sunday and give it our best shot. I am one of the biggest optimists out there so I will always try to be positive and believe the impo sible can sometimes happen.But, of course, its an eight-goal swing so we have to go to Motherwell and score a hell of a lot of goals then hope Kilmarnock hammer Ro s County. The likelihood of that happening is obviously very slim.But at the same time we have to go to Motherwell and play for pride and try to earn back the respect of the fans.The fans have every right to show their emotions the way they did at Keith Tkachuk Jersey the end.There isnt a player in there who cant accept their part in it. There are good, talented individuals within the squad.But as a team this season simply hasnt been good enough and I said that to them in the dre sing room.As managers, myself, Jack Ro s and Liam Fox we will take our share of the blame because we are in it together.As a team it hasnt been good enough and the league table doesnt lie.Killie manager Derek McInnes hailed his side after they kept themselves in pole position in the survival race, but they still need at least a point at home to County to avoid a relegation play-off. Kyle Connor Jersey McInnes said: There is still work to do, nobody is over-celebrating or getting ahead of ourselves, but its important we enjoy the moment.The supporters came up in huge numbers and its great to send them home probably feeling a lot more optimistic.But we have still got a tough game to navigate, its all or nothing. It is set up nicely for both teams and we have a job to do but what pleased me was the performance and our approach to the game.We were Brandon Tanev Jersey very confident, we asked the players to play with optimism and belief and we had that. We were aggre sive with our work and imposed ourselves on the game and with the position Dundee United were in, getting that first goal was crucial.All week I have been getting asked about the pre sure and anxiety of players and how we handle that and I thought the players dealt with the game really well.