Silkmen strike in
their lead moments later when Daryl Knight’s freekick was superbly tipped on to the crossbar by Ross.
It looked like Solihull would head into the break with a 1-0 lead, but the Silkmen had other ideas as they were given the chance to equalise on 41 minutes.
Danny Rowe was brought down in the box, with the referee pointing to the penalty spot.
That allowed James to step up and convert to make it 1-1.
Remarkably though, the half wasn’t done there, as in first half stoppage time Solihull were awarded a penalty of their own.
Paul Lewis was the culprit after an alleged foul, meaning that referee Joseph Johnson awarded his second penalty of the game.
Asante did the rest by slotting the ball home from 12 yards out to restore his team’s lead at put them in front at the interval.
Macclesfield were quick out of the blocks in the second half and they were given a golden opportunity to level things up when they were handed yet another penalty.
James was brought down in the box, with the midfielder dusting himself off and scoring the penalty himself to make it 2-2, with three penalties awarded in the last seven minutes of action.
Sadly for James, his afternoon didn’t last much longer as he suffered an injury moments later and was replaced by Danny Whitaker.
Rowe was causing plenty of problems for the opposition defence, and he forced Solihull stopper Daniel Lewis into a good save on the hour mark.
He then turned provider when he created the move that saw Hancox try his luck, but he failed to find the target.
The Silkmen went close once again when Dan Cowan’s long range shot hit the post, before Paul Lewis rattled the woodwork just moments later.
It looked like Macc’s dominance wasn’t going to pay off as the match entered the closing stages, but they managed to find a vital winner when