Andy Hessenthaler delighted with Gillingham's 3-0 win over Plymouth Argyle
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by Luke Cawdell
Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler was delighted to see his
team’s patience pay off.
The Gills endured a frustrating opening half against Plymouth
and it wasn’t until the 74th minute that the breakthrough came in a
game they went on to win 3-0.
Once Danny Kedwell had
struck the penalty a breathtaking Luke Rooney effort followed with
another penalty rounding-off proceedings to leave the Gills
boss ecstatic.
“With a clean sheet and three goals we can’t ask for any more
from the players,” said Hessenthaler (pictured).
“At half time we told them we needed to be patient, which we
were. We knew we would have to be like that. They came to us and
set up in a 4-5-1 formation to try and frustrate us a bit. That’s
one thing I don’t think we did, we didn’t get frustrated.
“We just kept plugging away and at half time we said hopefully
something would happen for us.
“I felt a bit sorry for Plymouth because they came and worked
their socks off. It’s tough on them. When things aren’t going for
you that tends to happen.
“We are delighted with ourselves and I was pleased with us
defensively because we had a lot of the play and sometimes you can
switch off and get punished.
"Defensively we were very good, even though we didn’t have a lot
to do. You still have to concentrate and I thought we did that
well.”
When the goal did finally arrive it came from the penalty spot,
albeit in strange circumstances as the officials all had differing
opinions on the incident. Curtis Weston netted but play was brought
back for a handball and a penalty finally awarded.
“At the time the linesman signaled across his chest so he was
giving the penalty and then the fourth official is telling me he
has given offside,” said a bemused Hessenthaler.
“The referee has given the goal because he hasn’t seen the flag
go up. I don’t see a reason why he didn’t just give the goal
because he is saying we have scored, there is an advantage but he
decided to pull it back. There could have been uproar if we had
missed it.”
For lifelong Gillingham fan Danny Kedwell it was the chance to
finally get off the mark and he ended the game eventually scoring
twice.
“You could see he was getting frustrated and I said before the
game, ‘I am sure you will get one’,” Hessenthaler said.
“I didn’t see the penalties, I don’t watch them. I get a bit
nervous with them and I didn’t even watch the second one. I am
delighted for him.”
Picture: Barry Goodwin
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Saturday, August 20 2011
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