LINDSEY MADE TO SUFFER AFTER LATE DOUBLE SINKS RED DEVILS

By Stephen Serpent

STEVENAGE 3

White 20, Reid 89, Kemp 90+1

CRAWLEY T 1

Ibrahim 70

STEVENAGE: Cooper 6, James Wildin 6, Goode 6, Piergianni 7, CRAWLEY: Wollacott 5, Mullarkey 6 (Radcliffe 87, 6) Conroy 6, Freestone 6, Phillips 6 (King 76, 6), White 7 (Reid 76, 7), Kemp Barker 6, Quitirna 6, Camara 6 (Roles 62, 6), Fraser 6 (John-Jules 8, Thompson 7, List 7 (Roberts 63, 6), Appere 6 (Hanlan 63, 6). 77, 6), Ibrahim 6, Kelly 6, Doyle 6 (Holohan 87, 6), Hepburn-Murphy 6. Subs not used: Anderson, Swan. Subs not used: Ashby-Hammond, Butler, Sweeney.

Att: 4,403 Rating: ★★★★★ Ref: Scott Oldham 6/10

SCOTT Lindsey believes Crawley were still smarting from their midweek loss to Peterborough as they were beaten again at Stevenage.

The Reds went down 4-3last Tuesday, conceding the winner in the seventh minute of stoppage time.

At the Lamex, it was an 89th-minute strike from Jamie Reid and a goal two minutes past the 90 for Dan Kemp that consigned them to defeat.

Boss Lindsey said: “We probably left a lot of belief and effort and intensity out on the pitch on Tuesday.

“We were a bit slow with our play, and didn’t play with the same intensity that we have in our last three games.

“It looked like we have a bit of scar tissue from losing the game on Tuesday.”

It seemed as if a Bradley Ibrahim equaliser with 20 minutes to go would earn the Reds something for their efforts, cancelling out Harvey White’s wonderful free-kick that was bent over the wall from 25 yards into the corner. The second half started with a free-kick blasted over the top by Kamari Doyle and then Panutche Camara also put one over the bar. But Ibrahim squeezed a Jack Roles cross inside the post to give Crawley hope.

However, Reid put his side back in front shortly before the 90th minute when he met a cross to the back post to nod home.

Kemp then put the icing on the cake with a clever finish from the edge of the area.

The late flourish though meant a first success in six for Alex Rev-ell’s men, much to his relief and delight.

He said: “We want to press and we want to run after teams and we want to be really aggressive but you also have to think about games that you play, take each game individually. If you chase Crawley, they will pass it around you, so we had to be disciplined and organised, and we were. I didn’t feel threatened first half, they had a lot of the ball but they didn’t threaten our goal. “After their goal, it was about changing it and what it shows is this squad of players can change it with energy and freshness and the players deserve that.

“Sometimes people need a refresh and a restart. Jamie Reid needed one and sometimes when you come on from the bench, it sometimes gives you a bit more energy.

“We saw that, he looked his sharp bright self. Brandon Hanlan was the same.”