Wrexham 4 - 1 Hayes and Yeading


Feb 18 2012

Wales Online/Wales on Sunday

Wrexham could have hit double figures against Hayes and Yeading, and boss Andy Morrell admitted it was his fault they didn’t.
He missed chance after chance and had to be thankful for Jake Speight, Mark Creighton, Jay Harris and Matthias Pogba to spare his blushes, before an undeserved Hayes consolation.

Boss Morrell said: “I thought we were very good first half. I missed a lot of chances and it could have been a lot more comfortable.

“I should have had a hat-trick in first 20 minutes, never mind the 90 minutes. Well, at least I’m in the right place to miss them.”

Wrexham played two of their new signings – including Swansea loanee Danny Alfei – and dominated from the off.

Morrell himself had two gilt-edged chances to open the scoring, the first from a Jay Harris pass which keeper Carl Pentney blocked, the second when Adrian Cieslewicz crossed to find the veteran all alone, but he headed wide.

At least top-scoring Jake Speight spared him on 16 minutes, picking up Morrell’s pass and riding a fair few chances before he caught out Pentney with a clever reverse finish.

Hayes looked hapless at the back, Yassin Moutaouakil had already had to clear off his own line following his own mistake, before more poor play from the right-back allowed Speight to ghost in, but this time Pentney stood up to his effort.

Creighton was adjudged to have fouled the keeper from a Neil Ashton corner, before the centre-half did have the ball in the net, but this time it was ruled out for a Speight handball.

But after a little bit of Hayes pressure, and another poor miss from Morrell, “Beast” Creighton was not to be denied, as he expertly side-footed home after a great run and cross from Cielsewicz.

Despite Hayes looking a little brighter in the second period normal service resumed soon after as Morrell just failed to get on to another inviting Alfei cross after more Dragons pressure.

And the inevitable third was a joy as Harris picked up Joe Clarke’s short corner on 57 minutes and arrowed a curler into the bottom corner.

The fourth came from another short corner as Harris this time skipped past a few and found Speight, who although offside saw his effort saved, leaving sub Pogba to snaffle the rebound.

Harris tested Pentney with another long-ranger but Hayes got an undeserved consolation when Julian Owusu’s shot was parried for Michael Thalassastis to knock in.



 

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