MORTON striker Gozie Ugwu has vowed to continue to show the ugly side to his game to get back on the goal trail before the end of the season.

Ugwu believes that he has been the target of opposition defenders trying to wind him up in physical battles.

He admits that it has been frustrating as refereeing decisions have gone against him more often than not over the last few weeks.

The Englishman believes that he’s got to put his frustrations to one side as he looks to guarantee Morton's safety when Kilmarnock come to Cappielow on Friday.

He told the Tele: “It’s disappointing because more often than not fouls are given against me as opposed to fouls for me.

“It’s frustrating to play in but I just need to try and get it out of my head, enjoy training this week and focus on the Kilmarnock game.

“There's been a good few physical battles over the last few weeks with certain defenders, but I don’t mind it. I want to show I can play ugly as well as having all the flicks and tricks.

“If they want to play like that then I'm happy to go down to that level.

“My only thing is that if the ref is going to leave it going one way, then leave it going the other as well.

“Don't leave it for one player and then give it to the other.

“I’ve just got to get on with it and hopefully I can get back in amongst the goals sooner rather than later.

“I think any team that comes to Cappielow finds it difficult, and Kilmarnock will be no different.

“We know that if we turn up and put in the work that we have done since the turn of the year then we have a good chance in any game that we play here.

“Killie will obviously come out all guns blazing but we believe that every game is important and we have to look to get maximum points from the game.”

Ugwu admits that he thought he'd ended his goalscoring drought on Saturday with a first-half header before it was ruled out after the striker was adjudged to have fouled Ayr goalkeeper Aidan McAdams.

Ugwu hopes the point against the Honest Men can be used as a platform to give Ton a positive finish to the campaign.

He said: “With the hesitations from the officials, I think everyone thought it was a goal, Ayr included.

“The 'keeper was frustrated with himself. I think he thought he’d had a howler and then his team-mates were walking back to the halfway line.

“The linesman even started running back for them to take the centre, so I think everyone thought it was a goal.

“But we’ve just got to take the point and build on it and finish the season as positively as we can.”