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The Manor had
Dean Frett and Courtney Mclean back in the side for
this ESL League clash at Sawbridgeworth. The Braves
elected to play up the slope in the first half and it
was not long before the rampaging Jerry Nkrumah unsettled
the home side defence with his direct and forceful running.
The visitors
looked compact and sharp and could easily have gone
in front early in the game but resolute defending kept
them out. However it was the home side who struck first
when the Manor failed to deal with an innocuous looking
corner and the ball was forced home.
It did not take
long for the response to come from the Braves as Jerry
Nkrumah latched onto a through ball and smashed the
ball into the Sawbo goal from the edge of the box, such
was the ferocity of his strike , the keeper never moved.
1-1.
The visitors
now really tightened the screw and after having an excellent
goal disallowed for a non existant foul they forced
a free kick on the edge of the home side penalty area
and up stepped Joe May to curl an exquisite free kick
into the roof of the net, 2-1 to the Manor.
Come the break
and and the visitors lead by the same score knowing
that in the 2nd half they would have the advantage of
the substantial slope. As the game restarted the visitors
really took control early on and it was not long before
Tom Nyama made a great run down the left, put over an
excellent cross for Jerry Nkrumah to add the finish,
3-1 to the Manor.
A strange period
of play now followed with the visitors starting to complicate
their pattern of play and allow Sawbo back into the
game.
The home side
took full advantage of this lack of tactics and reduced
the arrears when the visitors were caught out in possession,
3-2. Manager Kevin Durrant now made some tactical subs
for the visitors and they saw the game out witout further
alarm and should in fact have won by a wider margin.
Still as Durrant said afer the game" A win is a
win and keeps us up there. My subs worked really hard
when they came on and young Arun May was excellent"
Man
Of the Match
Jerry Nkrumah
- Simply Outstanding
The
Manor's next game is Away to Barkingside in the Essex
Senior League Monday 6th April 2009, kick-off at 7:45pm.eam:
Steve
LAMBERT: Jason FOX, Kieran KING; Jamil SYLLA, Joe ELLUL
, Liam ALLEN; Junior YIADOM-KONADU, Fabio JESUS, Manley
BROWN (Captain), Jakovo Odasi-Ulkueku, Liam MULCARE.
Substitutes: Tom QUERRY, Alinani MOUNTER , Alan EAMES,
Beckley LOUKMAN, Antonio YOTOV, Ricardo AMADO.
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