WEARY BURTON COME UP SHORT
BURTON Albion boss Nigel Clough admitted his side missed a chance to pick up three points after being held by Scunthorpe.
Liam Boyce twice went close for the Brewers and Scunthorpe saw Matthew Lund’s effort chalked off for a foul.
Clough said: “The performance wasn’t too bad and we created enough situations out there, and we were just waiting for somebody to come up with a little bit of quality in the final third.”
He added: “It’s a good point, a clean sheet and it will be an even better one if we win on Tuesday night.”
Clough admitted Burton had been drained by playing in the Carabao Cup against Burnley.
He added: “We had spells when we played well but not as sustained as it has been in recent weeks.
“We thought the goal was going to come as we were playing well enough and we created chances right to the end.”
Burton were denied a fourth straight home league win as Scunthorpe extended Stuart McCall’s unbeaten start to six games.
The game took a while to come to life before Burton’s Scott Fraser fired a low shot wide, and winger David Templeton saw a curling effort tipped over the bar by Iron stopper Jak Alnwick.
Former Albion midfielder Lund fired into the net from a Josh Morris corner, only to see his effort chalked off for a foul in the build-up.
Early in the second half, Lund forced Dimitar Evtimov to claw away a towering header that looked destined for the top corner.
Boyce twice forced an excellent save from Scunthorpe keeper Alnwick as Burton pushed for a winner.
However, the Iron stopper saved his best for last when denying Fraser in added time.
MccCall told the Scunthope United website: “Burton are on a run now, certainly here, so it’s a really good point.
“We defended well when we needed to. I’m disappointed with how we were in posses- sion for large parts of it – we were a little bit sloppy. “We created three or four decent chances and I think Burton’s best opportunities came from us giving the ball away. “Jak made two really good saves at the end. I thought Cam [Burgess] and Charlie [Goode] did well against [Liam] Boyce all game, restricting his chances. He turned, used his power and it dipped but Jak made a good save. “Overall, we know we can do better in certain areas, but we were organised and restricted them to longrange efforts for the large part. “It’s a good point for us because I think they’ll certainly be in the top six come the end of the season.”