Nigel Clough hails Mansfield Town's win at Cambridge as a perfect away performance

Delighted Stags boss Nigel Clough hailed his side’s 1-0 win at Cambridge as a perfect away performance.
Nigel Clough said Mansfield Town 's win at Cambridge was a perfect away display.Nigel Clough said Mansfield Town 's win at Cambridge was a perfect away display.
Nigel Clough said Mansfield Town 's win at Cambridge was a perfect away display.

Jamie Reid hit the only goal of the game on 64 minutes as Mansfield successfully wrecked the homecoming of 2,000 United fans.

And Clough feels the victory now gives his players the perfect template to follow in future away games.

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“I think it was the perfect away performance, bar being a little bit greedy to go and get that second goal,” he told iFollow Stags.

“We came out to attack and I thought we did that really well in the first 15 minutes of the game.

“We got pushed back a bit, but came out similarly in the second-half and got the goal. Jamie Reid had a great chance just before his goal, and we said to him ‘there’s a goal out there for you tonight.’

“His goal was a great striker’s finish. It’s half a turn then he puts it in the bottom corner, and we looked after that lead from there.

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“I’m heartened by everything tonight. We had 15 shots each and possession will have been pretty even. I thought we looked as big a threat as them tonight. That’s the pleasing thing.

“The win gives us a boost and gets us up that table a little bit. We’ve got an awful lot of hard work to do in the next five months, but performances like this give us a template of what we’re looking for away from home.”

Mansfield will be looking for their first league home win of the season when they face Crawley at the weekend.

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