We gained a bit of composure a got a foot on the ball again, and a great forward pass found
Austin Owen in the channel, he left the defender with his pace and waited for a great run from
Josh Millington who cut inside and fired past the Llay keeper for 1-1. This was a goal which lifted the lads and we got back into the game with a well taken goal. HT 1-1. The effort was there from the players, they just had to believe that they could go and win the game. The 2nd half was entertaining to say the least, with 3 goals and a sending off in a 15 min spell. A neat 1-2 between Llay players ended with the midfield player curling into the top corner from 25yds out, a great goal but poor defending from us. We then went at Llay and had a few corners but could not convert, then some good play down the left by
Alex Rowlands who's cross was quality and found
Austin Owen who headed home for 2-2. Straight from kick off we were caught sleeping when Llay attacked down the right and a cross was tapped home at the far Post for 3-2. Shocking defending from us after getting back into the game. On 60 mins a run into the box by
Luke Peters drew what looked like a foul and the referee seemed to point to the penalty spot, within 20secs after a bit of argie bargy, the referee sent off
Luke Peters and awarded a goal kick. Everybody seemed confused and don't think the referee did himself any justice with the decision made. We were now clearly up against it and with 30 mins to play we decided to have a go and went 3-4-2 with nothing to lose. Llay had some chances to wrap the game up but poor finishing and good goalkeeping from
Matt Griffiths kept us in the game, with the 90th minute approaching a forward pass found
Alex Rowlands who attacked the full back and drew the defender into a tackle inside the box and was fouled for a clear penalty.Alex stepped up and coolly slotted home for 3-3, a goal we deserved for a great effort with 10 men. A few players were clearly struggling with fatigue but we had already made our substitutions so it was going to be hard with 10 men. Both sides were tired and the quality of play dropped, Llay were obviously going to see a lot of the ball, and the got ahead again when the winger cut in and fired into the top corner for 4-3. We held on for the rest of the 1st half. We had a right go 2nd period of extra time and
Ryan Jones had a great chance with the last kick of the game but his shot went wide. Ft 4-3. A great effort from the players who played an hour with 10 men and kept asking questions of the Llay defence, a much improved performance from last week and another close game against Llay. We now have got to show that level of performance next week against Hawarden.
