POST MATCH REACTION Schumacher and Duff
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- Created on Wednesday, 23 March 2022 06:22
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2022 06:25
- Published on Wednesday, 23 March 2022 06:22
- Written by ROSS REID at Home Park
Plymouth Argyle boss Steven Schumacher praised his League One top form side as they made it six League One wins on the spin by beating visiting Cheltenham 2-0.Schumacher said: “That’s six clean sheets, which is brilliant and it’s not just the goalkeeper and the defenders, it’s everybody, it’s such a team effort to keep a clean sheet and it’s not easy but we’ve done it again.”
Striker Niall Ennis arrowed the ball home from an angle to put Argyle 1-0 on 14 minutes before playmaker Danny Mayor scored a sublime chested-down volley on 42 minutes as the fourth placed Greens continued their promotion push.
Schumacher beamed: “Two brilliant goals, two great finishes. The first one from Niall Ennis was a lovely little move and then a bit of individual skill and a great finish.
“And then the second one from Danny? Real tough work from Ryan Hardie put himself in there competing ball bounces to Danny and absolute gorgeous finish right in the top corner. Made up and very pleased for him because he’s been in such good form and deserves the goal.
“The performance tonight was good. We won 2-0 at home, again, scored two great goals, played some nice football at times.
“Cheltenham also played some good football they had some big chances. Teams are going to try that against us, you can’t have it all your own way for 90 minutes.
“They are a good team and Alfie May is in real good form, he was a threat, and some of their passages of play were good but it was another brilliant night here at Home Park and we’ve enjoyed it.”
With seven games to go - Argyle visit Ipswich on Saturday - the Devon club are now eight points clear of 7th placed Sheffield Wednesday, who have a game in hand on five of the six sides above them.
Cheltenham visit Wednesday on Saturday.
Following last night's game Robins boss Michael Duff - who side stay 12th - said: “I haven’t seen the stats but I would imagine possession was fairly even, imagine shots were fairly even.
“Their keeper has made two or three fantastic saves, the ball has not quite dropped for us today and ultimately the goal that has won them the game is an absolute worldie.
“Sometimes you have got to hold your hands up and say it is just a bit of magic. So yes we can do better with the first contact and things like that.
“Alfie (May) has probably had more chances today than he did against Wycombe where he scored four. It just didn’t drop for him.
“I thought we were okay, we were decent, but the real fine margins of trying to get a win away from home at a team that are going for the play-offs, we didn’t quite fall the right side of those.
“It was a decent performance, but did we do enough to win? No. But I thought we could have nicked something.
“The second goal, that is the bit that has won them the game. But we kept going, there was no question of downing tools. Sometimes you have to accept that we didn’t quite do enough.”
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“Their keeper has made two or three fantastic saves, the ball has not quite dropped for us today and ultimately the goal that has won them the game is an absolute worldie.
“Sometimes you have got to hold your hands up and say it is just a bit of magic. So yes we can do better with the first contact and things like that.
“Alfie (May) has probably had more chances today than he did against Wycombe where he scored four. It just didn’t drop for him.
“I thought we were okay, we were decent, but the real fine margins of trying to get a win away from home at a team that are going for the play-offs, we didn’t quite fall the right side of those.
“It was a decent performance, but did we do enough to win? No. But I thought we could have nicked something.
“The second goal, that is the bit that has won them the game. But we kept going, there was no question of downing tools. Sometimes you have to accept that we didn’t quite do enough.”
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