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McGreal pleased with Colchester reaction to take point at Macclesfield



Posted Sunday, February 17, 2019 by PA

McGreal pleased with Colchester reaction to take point at Macclesfield

Colchester manager John McGreal was delighted with the way his side responded after half-time to claim a point at relegation-threatened Macclesfield.

Macclesfield held a warranted lead at the break but Colchester – happy to be just one in arrears – equalised a minute after the restart, dominating the second period but failing to snatch another goal.

And though they seemed the more likely winners late on, U’s boss John McGreal was happy enough with a point.

“You have to give credit to Macclesfield, there’s definitely been a change from when we played them in December,” he said. “Their points tally has been good since then and you can see why.

“We did well to come in one down at half time, we weren’t at it, they were much better.

“We changed the shape and I was much more pleased with the second-half performance.

“Credit Macclesfield for nullifying our central midfield, though I thought we caused our own problems at times, but six weeks or two months ago we’d be losing that game.

“The boys adapted well and I’m really pleased to come to a team that drew late on with Crewe last week – they never give in, that’s what we’ve found out about Macclesfield under Sol [Campbell], we had to work to stay in the game and get that point.”

Scott Wilson’s 11th of the season gave Macc the lead moments before the break but a clumsy challenge from Brice Ntambwe on Courtney Senior allowed Frank Nouble to level from the spot.

Campbell was somewhat less satisfied, as he was left ruing another stop-start performance from his Silkmen side.

“We played really, really well in the first half,” he said. “We restricted a very fluent and mobile team to very few open-play scenarios, we got the goal and could have extended it but in the second half we were slow starters.

“It’s not what I’m looking for as a team, we’ve got to be really up for it. The first half was excellent but the second half was too slow.

“We needed a second goal to put the game to bed but we need to be more switched-on.

“Colchester were always going to go at us and we had to be ready for that, as individuals and as a team.

“The small details will make the difference, that’s what’s missing – we’ve got the bigger picture but it’s small details we’ve got to look after.”

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