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With Monyei moving back up to the firsts, the seconds were seriously lacking in strikers on Saturday and Fitz had to take his place up front with Dale returning in the centre of midfield. Facing a decent Old Trafford side with lots of pace in midfield and up front, Moston were really kept on their toes at the back and it was our hosts that made most of the running throughout the game. They took the lead, midway through the first half when the Moston defence failed to deal with an inswinging corner and the Old Trafford forward headed in from six yards out. Old Trafford did have other chances to double their lead and were unlucky with several efforts that came off the upright. Without playing well, Moston could and probably should have gone in at half time level, when Mark Terris missed what seemed like a simple chance from only a couple of yards out after Ryan Henry had faced the ball across goal from the left.
Joe decided to make a change at half time with Chris Melia coming on in centre midfield for Chris Ferns. This initially created a positive response and Moston had their best spell of the match and got ourselves in some decent attacking positions without really producing a meaningful shot on goal. I felt that if we would have scored in this spell, we may have got something out of the game. When we didn't and as the game became more stretched, Old Trafford's extra pace up front really made an impact on the game. They made it two, midway through the second half, their left winger getting in down the left hand channel and finishing well. From the kick-off Moston could have got themselves straight back into the game, but after a fine run, Fitz pulled his shot wide. Old Trafford added a third late on from another header by their centre forward for his second and a day of misery was completed for Moston.
Not one of Moston's best display and in truth Old Trafford fully deserved their victory. They had lots of pace up front and in midfield and caused up lots of problems from start to finish. In an attacking sense, we didn't really get into the game, and struggled to really test their keeper, which was a shame since he looked quite shaky when he was called upon. Luckily we only have a couple of weeks to wait for revenge and it will be interesting to see how many of the players that played today, will face us in the return game.
Last weeks team: I Holcroft, P Smith, P McLoughlin, D Jackson, D Murdoch, C Ferns, R Henry, D Lambert,
M Terris, M McElvaney, M Fitzpatrick. Subs. C Melia, J Ryan
Last update : 23-02-2008 00:00
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