Clough delighted with Mansfield Town's never-say-die attitude as they fightback for a point against Crawley

Nigel Clough praised Mansfield Town's resilience and never-say-die attitude after the rescued a point at the death.

Andy Cook's stoppage-time finish earned the Stags a 3-3 draw against Crawley at One Call Stadium.

Ryan Sweeney had given the hosts an early lead only for a brace from Max Watters and a goal from Tom Dallison to put Crawley Town 3-1 up with half and hour to go.

George Lapslie pulled one back before Cook's final flourish.

"I thought it was a brilliant performance and a slightly disappointing result," Clough told iFollow Stags.

"A great result in the end as we've come from 3-1 down with not a lot of the game left, but over the course of the whole game we thoroughly deserved to win.

"The performance, apart from the first 10 minutes of the second half, was absolutely brilliant. We've created enough chances to win four games."

Clough admitted his first emotion was 'relief' at the final whistle, but also took time to give the thumbs up to his side as they went on to look for the winner.

"When you're 3-1 down at home or anywhere then it's unlikely you're going to get anything out of the game," he added.

"I'm delighted with the resilience shown and the fact we kept going - also the fact when we did go 3-3 we didn't celebrate, we got the ball back and tried to get a winner."

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