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Late score is poetic justice for Keates

By Richard Latham

STAR MAN JOHN GUTHRIE Walsall

DEAN KEATES insisted his Walsall side’s stoppage-time winner was justice at the end of a game that could have gone either way.
While Rovers might have nicked it when sub Sam Matthews’ late free-kick was tipped onto a post by goalkeeper Liam Roberts, it was Walsall replacement Kieron Morris, who grabbed the glory with a low rightfooted drive from 12 yards in the dying seconds.
Manager Keates believed his side should have been ahead long before and was especially incensed that a seventhminute header from Luke Leahy was ruled ou...

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