Harry Kewell expresses relief as Notts County finally open account
Posted Sunday, September 30, 2018 by PA
Harry Kewell breathed a sigh of relief at full-time after seeing his Notts County side finally claim their first win of the season with a hard-fought 2-1 victory against Crewe.
Kewell replaced Kevin Nolan as Magpies boss last month and presided over four games without a win but Saturday’s result finally moved them off the bottom of the table.
Rob Milsom and Jordan Bowery exchanged first-half goals before Elliott Hewitt netted the winner by planting Cedric Evina’s inch-perfect cross past Crewe goalkeeper Ben Garrett.
Kewell insisted Notts County’s season starts now.
“It’s a big relief,” he said.
“We’ve been working hard over the last couple of weeks and the performances have shown we are heading in the right direction.
“I feel the second half was the best 45 minutes since I’ve been here. We were aggressive, we were picking up second balls and we were predominantly playing in their half.
“We stopped Crewe from playing because in the first half, they showed great movement and they were dropping into areas and causing us problems. They have some great little players.
“We changed a few things around at half-time and I felt we dominated. But this league, if you don’t put teams away, they can always have that chance to get that goal back and there were a couple of close moments in the second half.
“But I am delighted for my staff, the players, the fans that we have got the three points.”
County were excellent in the early stages and took the lead after five minutes when Milsom powered home.
But Crewe grew into the game and Bowery spun well to finish following strong work from Corey Whelan.
Lewis Alessandra and Hewitt went close for County before Hewitt won it with a towering header, although Crewe almost snatched a point through Ryan Wintle’e effort.
The result moved County up to 22nd place, while Crewe dropped to 18th following their third game without a win.
“We didn’t do enough to get anything out of the game,” said Crewe boss David Artell.
“They scored from their two crosses in the whole game and that can’t happen.
“Looking at the game, they had two midfielders who scored which is extremely disappointing from our point of view.
“We had enough of the ball to create more than what we did. We had two good chances and we’ve got to do more.
“We shouldn’t be in that position. We played some good football and looked a good team at times in the first half.
“But it’s not just about moving the ball around the pitch, you need to do something with it.”
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