The North Lanarkshire side have proved to be difficult opponents in the past, picking up a point on their last visit to the Excelsior Stadium last season.

That certainly wasn’t to be the case this season though, and the Celts made sure of that from early in the match.

Around 13 minutes in, Amy Gallacher broke the deadlock for the Hoops as they raced into a 5-0 lead by the time the opening 45 minutes had come to a close.

Getting that early goal was an important moment in the match, and Clark was happy to see her team-mates kick-on from there.

“We spoke about it before the game, the importance of scoring early,” she explained. “These games can be really difficult.

“Teams can make your life really difficult and Motherwell are good at that if they can get into it.

“So we spoke about it before the game too, about how important it is to start fast and getting that early goal.

'If we get one, then it’s all about getting another and we can relax a bit from there and enjoy our game.'

“I think that is pretty much what we did today.”

Victory in Airdrie rounded off what has been another hectic, but successful week for the Ghirls, who made it 10 wins from 10 on the domestic front.

After scoring five inside the first 45 minutes, the Hoops’ first-half display was particularly impressive, giving the Motherwell defence plenty to think about as they took their league goal tally for the season so far to 49.

After playing her part in all three matches this past week, Clark insisted it was a joy to play a part in such a strong first-half display as she praised the squad for their efforts over the past seven days.

She said: “The first half was unbelievable. It’s not very often that Fran comes in at half time and doesn’t have something to say to us.

“But he was delighted. I’ve already said, but it was a joy to play in that first half. It was a joy to watch go forward with flair and score good goals.

'It really was a joy to see what we work on the training pitch being brought into the game.'

“We are just delighted with that, especially after having a game only three days ago. And not just any game, a game against Glasgow City.

“It might have been easy for us to feel sorry for ourselves, to have sore legs and to take that on to the pitch.

“But we absolutely didn’t. We took energy and it showed.”

Kelly Clark: We're delighted to round off tough week with another win