Elijah Just suggested "anything is possible" after being asked if his Motherwell side could catch Celtic or Rangers in the Scottish Premiership.
A 4-0 win over Kilmarnock moved Jens Berthel Askou's fourth-placed side to within four points of the Old Firm, who sit level on points behind leaders Hearts.
Just, who scored his side's second goal, admits he would not have expected to be so high in the league when he joined Well from Danish club Horsens last summer but thinks "there's plenty" room for more improvement.
"It's still a group of players and staff that have only been working together for a short amount of time," the New Zealand winger said.
"So we're improving every week. Of course, anything is possible.
"I think we're just taking every game one at a time and, as well as Rangers and Celtic being above us, we know that Hibs and Falkirk are just below us and they're also playing well at the moment."
Just suggested the 4-0 scoreline was a bit unfair on second-bottom Kilmarnock considering the visitors had an goal ruled out and were then reduced to 10 men and stressed his "confident" side could not afford to "get complacent".
As for life under highly-praised manager Jens Berthel Askou, Just added: "I think he gets the mix right between instructions and also freedom.
"At the end of the day, what he wants is for the players to play to their maximum potential.
"So it's a lot of small-sided games, a lot of freedom in training just to create those with each other and then, at the same time, a mix of the tactical aspects and how he wants us to play."
