Stags slipped to a 2-1 defeat against promotion-chasing County to stay rooted in the bottom two and also had influential captain Jake Buxton sent off.

But despeat the disappointing loss manager Holland believes his side can bag enough points in the last four games to avoid relegation heart-ache.

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"It is one more game gone now, but we have to keep our spirits up. We had the chance to get out of the relegation and we did not take it, but Saturday is another chance,"said Holland.

"We have four massive games to come and our performances our good. Our performances are better than the team around us and we now need to turn performances into results.

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"Decisions went against us last night and I still cannot see why Jake Buxton was sent off. We cannot use this an an excuse though and we will take positives from last night."

Holland now expects a tough dog-fight against lowly Macclesfield and is calling on his Stags side to respond to the challenge.

Said Holland: "I have seen Macclesfield a couple of times this season, they will play it long and be strong and we have to be ready for that. We are a more mobile team than them and are playing good attacking football.

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"We have defended well before against big times such as against Bradford and we an do the same on Saturday. I am happy with how we are performing

"This is a winnable game for us and we hope we start to get some decisions and get the rewards we deserve. The table will look much better if we get three points on Saturday."