Before a ball was kicked, I’d guess we’d have taken a point on the road against an in form playoff chasing side, who’ve already beaten* us twice this season.
After 81 minutes though, we looked good for all three, only to concede two late goals.
We took the lead against the run of play. A Mark Marshall corner was only partially cleared. Hudson, Marshall and Bonnett-Johnson exchanged passes with the captain playing Marshall in. He squared it to Kaunda, who took one touch before curling home right footed from about 12-yards, their keeper will probably feel he could’ve done better.
Max Cornhill scuffed one wide when he should’ve equalised. Hashtag then hit us on the counter and had a four on three. Berry made the first of many good saves when he denied the overlapping full back’s effort with his foot. That chance was created by Sak Hassan who was their biggest threat throughout. In fact such was his ability, Hudson switched to the right to help Mason, who picked up a yellow and was subbed at half-time for the returning Ramsay.
By that point Bremang has doubled our lead, chasing what looked like a lost cause, before blocking the keeper’s attempted clearance, then rounding him and finishing into an empty net.
Despite a couple of Marshall chances to extend our lead, 2-0 at half-time slightly flattered us as Berry also made a good save from Djemalli after a failed nutmeg by Kaunda had turned the ball over in our own half, and Georgiou’s goal bound effort was blocked by his own man.
Eleven minutes into the second half Hashtag had one back, Wooldridge overlapped down the right and his scuffed cross found his its way to Luke May-Parrot who had a simple finish.
Then came the moment of the match. From just inside their half Hudson hit a diagonal free-kick towards Mills, who headed it on the Chambers who was just inside the box in the right half space. The centre-half instantly controlled it and with his second touch curled an unstoppable shot into the bottom left hand corner. Watch out Wanadio, there’s a new goal of the season contender in town.
That was as good as it got though. A Marshall injury meant another defensive reshuffle and Hashtag took advantage. In the 81st minute they worked an overload and Hassan got the goal his performance deserved, finding the top bins with a cool side foot finish.
And, in the 86th minute,they completed the comeback. We cleared their long throw-in, but they worked it into the box and Djemalli fired home.
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