Take it for Grant-ed
MICHAEL APPLETON praised his players for their first-half performance in the win over 10-man Ipswich which took the Imps top of the table.
Lincoln won thanks to Jorge Grant’s penalty 13 minutes from time after Brennan Johnson was fouled by Aristote Nsiala. Town’s day got worse in added time when Jon Nolan was shown a straight red card for his challenge on Harry Anderson. After the final whistle Ipswich boss Paul Lambert was also shown a red card after confronting the officials. Appleton said: “I thought we were outstanding in the first half.
“The second half was a bit bitty, but after the football we played and the chances we created, I was disappointed we weren’t two or three up at halftime. In the second half it was a different type of game, a bit scrappy, but we’ve kept another clean sheet and Alex [Palmer] had one save of note to make.”
Lambert did not hold back in his assessment of referee
Kevin Johnson’s performance.
He said: “We didn’t lose to Lincoln today, we lost to the man in the middle. I haven’t seen anything like it.”