Essex Senior League, Wednesday 26th March 2014
Manor welcomed high flying Tower Hamlets to the Arena last
night hoping to try and gain at least a point to stop the losing streak. And Manor started much better than they did on Monday night
by closing down space and holding onto the ball when in possession. Hamlet’s did create the games first chance
when they broke through the back line but keeper Matthew Walker saved well. For all of Manor’s endeavour Hamlets were creating the
chances but found Walker in inspired form to keep the score down to 0-0. Manor themselves were looking to get forward
as much as they could but had no end product which has been the problem in the
last few games. When the half time whistle blew Manor felt satisfied with
their work so far, keeping a good side like Hamlets at bay was a good
achievement and they would hope that the half time oranges would inspire them
to even more success. Alas it wasn’t to be.
Although on the hour mark Manor
had two great chances to score, both from corners, but wayward headers and good
defending stopped what would have been a very welcome goal for the home
side. Then on 63 minutes one moment of sloppiness
in the Manor backline allowed Kane Wilson to get in behind and slot past
Walkers hand for 1-0.
Manor to their credit didn’t let this get to them and
continued to try and play football, although a few passes were going astray and
giving up possession cheaply didn’t help the cause, although the fight was most
certainly there. However on 77 minutes Hamlets doubled their lead with
another sloppy goal. Stephen Demetriou’s
free kick from the left side of the box was driven in low and missed everyone
and went straight in the far corner, with the keeper totally unsighted and with
no chance of stopping it, for 2-0.
This kind of ended the game after that and although Manor
continued to battle hard they just lost out to more powerful opponents in the
end. But well played Manor and I’m sure
if they continue to work as hard as they did tonight then results will come. Well done to Hamlets though who are now only
two points behind our neighbours Great Wakering Rovers.
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