Rangers manager Steven Gerrard praised Motherwell for the warning about their pitch and refused to use it as an excuse for dropping points.
The Fir Park surface has been badly affected by adverse weather conditions and the pitch was visibly not at it's usual high standard.
The Rangers boss appreciated being informed by the Lanarkshire club via e-mail in the lead up to the game and the former Liverpool star complimented the usual surface at Fir Park.
He said: “We had an email off Motherwell to be fair a few days ago talking about the standard of the pitch but we knew that at this stage of the season you’re not going to get perfect pitches. Ibrox isn’t perfect at the moment.
“It was just to give us an early indication about the pitch and that if the weather turned we could have an issue, and also to say Motherwell had to use it and it was not in the usual condition.
“It’s normally a fantastic pitch here. It was a heads up that if we had a period of weather that was bad the game could be 50-50.
"Thankfully the game went ahead, we appreciated the heads up but it’s nothing for Motherwell to be ashamed of.
“You see all the pitches, you saw Hibs’ pitch on Sportscene, Celtic Park, Ibrox, a lot of people are having issues with pitches because of the weather we’ve had and this stage of the season."
Cedric Itten's fourth goal against Motherwell this season rescued a point for the league leaders as they maintained their unbeaten run in the Premiership.
Motherwell boss Graham Alexander insisted that Itten was offside as Borna Barisic crossed for the Swiss strikers equalsier but he was delighted with his sides performance.
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