Bowyer calls for coolness

Salford City 0 Sutton United 0

GARY BOWYER blamed decision making as Salford drew at home again.

Matty Lund had the best moments for the home side, but Sutton could have stolen it when Craig Eastmond went through, only to be denied by a fine save from Salford goalkeeper Tom King.

It marks a frustrating start to the season for much-fancied Salford who drew 1-1 with Leyton Orient last week.

“I thought we were very good and controlled large parts of the game,” said Ammies boss Gary

Bowyer.

“We dealt with their threat from set-plays and on the counter very well, it was just our decision making in the final third.

You can’t fault our effort or the way we went about it though. We just need a bit more care in the final third and better decisionmaking.

“When you have controlled the game as much as we have, you need to make sure you are safe at the back and Tom King made a great save for us at the end – and that is his job.

“Tom has come in and been fantastic and made a big contribution already. We are excited about him and feel he will keep getting better.”

Sutton boss Matt Gray (above) felt the point was the least his team deserved. He said: “We were fantastic, first half.

“I thought we looked a real danger on the counter-attack. We just lacked a little bit of quality at times to really go and punish them.

“With a bit more quality going forward ourselves we maybe could have nicked it.

“We looked likely going forward, it just wasn’t our usual clinical selves.

“I’m certainly pleased with the organisation and defensive shape we had.

“It was just an off-day for us at the top end of the pitch.”