U’s bounce back under temporary boss Brown

INTERIM boss

Wayne Brown praised Colchester’s belief as the league strugglers secured a stunning win at Salford.

Captain Luke Chambers opened the scoring, with Myles Kenlock firing home on his debut and substitute Corrie Andrews clinching the victory late on in the first game since the departure of boss Hayden Mullins.

Brown said: “It’s easy to get into a negative mindset when you haven’t won a game in eight. We could have come to shut up shop and get what we can but I think had we done that we would have been sitting ducks.

“I wanted us to take the game to them and we did. We missed early chances and I wanted us to keep believing as it would have been easy to go under. But they kept believing, and kept creating.

“It was about trying to keep that line at the back as high as we could and not get too deep. The worst thing we could have done was drop and give them territory.”

The visitors dominated the first half with Cole Skuse hitting a post within two minutes before being forced off through injury.

New Salford signing Ryan Watson volleyed over before

Alan Judge wasted a glorious chance for Colchester, heading over unmarked.

Freddie Sears was then denied by Tom King but the Ammies stopper was soon beaten as Chambers headed in from a 30th-minute cross.

The lead was doubled on the next attack as Chambers’ goalbound header was stopped on the line, allowing Kenlock to tap in.

Salford made a double change at half-time but never looked like getting back in the game, and Colchester clinched the win on the break when Andrews scampered clear to convert his first U’s goal.

Ammies boss Gary Bowyer was left looking for positives from a rare home defeat.

He said: “We didn’t really create an awful lot in the first half, we were getting used to playing with Matt Smith who I thought won everything in the air. At the start of the second half, the keeper makes two great saves and then we get done on the counter as we are chasing.”

“I think what is happening at the moment is that games are coming thick and fast so we can now get rid of that one and focus on Tuesday’s game.”