Jim Goodwin has been speaking to the media before Dundee United’s League Cup quarter-final at Motherwell on Friday night.

Here are the key lines from the United boss:

• The weekend defeat to Rangers “hasn’t derailed us in the slightest” and Goodwin has challenged his side to “try and start another unbeaten run on Friday night”.

• The United boss was “extremely disappointed” to see St Johnstone’s Craig Levein become the first Premiership managerial casualty of the season.

• Goodwin is preparing for “a really difficult game” at Fir Park, saying both sides will have been happy when the draw was made and will view it as a winnable tie.

• The prize of a trip to Hampden in the semi-finals is a “huge incentive” and would be a great reward for the fans who have “stayed with the club through thick and thin” over the last few years.

• Goodwin praised the good form of Declan Gallagher, who he rates as “as good a centre-back as anybody in the league” when fully fit.

• Ryan Strain is the only absentee.