Yates puts on a Jerry good show for Town

RICHIE Wellens praised his side for the way they saw out their victory at Cambridge.

Jerry Yates tapped in the winner for the Robins after 27 minutes and Luke McCormick only had one big save to make as Wellens’ side secured a deserved victory.

Swindon are still unbeaten on their travels in League Two and responded well to a 3-0 home defeat against Colchester on Tuesday. They remain fourth but are now only two points off the top of the table.

“In the first half we had really good controlled possession, moved the ball about well. We were probably a seven out of ten, we were decent, we controlled the majority of the game,” said Wellens.

“Then we just gave the ball away at stupid times in the second half. If you keep giving the ball away then they’re going to come into it.

“They’re on a good run, play with two strikers, they’re brave, so they’re ambitious. The quality got us in front and the fighting spirit and the determination to put our bodies on the line has seen us through. That’s what pleases me the most about it.”

The winner came when Ellis Iandolo’s surging run from outside the box resulting in his ball in from the left being tapped in by Yates from a matter of yards.

Yates had earlier seen a stooping header from Lloyd Isgrove’s cross saved, albeit from an offside position.

The visitors could have doubled their lead with the last kick of the first half, when Danny Rose’s powerful freekick went narrowly wide of Dimi Mitov’s right post.

Cambridge came close to an equaliser three minutes into the second half and Luke McCormick saved well to tip Sam Smith’s header wide for a corner.

After away wins against Crewe and Mansfield, in which time Cambridge scored seven times, manager Colin Calderwood wondered if his side’s exertions had caught up with them.

“The second half was better, but in the first half we never gave ourselves a chance to get any foundation because we turned the ball over so quick. We went for passes in areas we knew they were strong.

“Overall, the week and the energy expended has probably not allowed us to force the game even more in the second half in the way we would like.”