While
United were struggling to defeat at Cheltenham, Oxford City were
again showing them the way with a 2-0 victory over CTFC – Corby
Town. The victory moves City up to the dizzy heights of fourth,
though most of their league rivals now have a game in hand.
City
were perhaps not at their best, but still looked the better side in
the opening exchanges and took the lead within the first ten minutes.
A Jack Mills free kick was headed on by Chris Wilmott and Andy Gunn's
looping header fooled Paul Walker in the Corby goal. City continued
to look the stronger side, but as the half wore on their visitors
began to force their way back into the match.
Corby
had offered little, but suddenly looked dangerous as Warren Carter
was forced to make a handful of impressive saves to maintain the
hosts' lead. However, Corby almost levelled the scores minutes before
the break when a fierce strike from Sam Ives cannoned off the bar.
City
started the second half in perfect fashion, doubling their lead just
two minutes in after Basham found some space on the right hand side.
His pinpoint pass perfectly picked out Darren Pond, who finished
expertly when clean through on goal. After this, City never looked
back and were able to comfortably see out the second half with little
fuss. In fact, they could have won by more against a struggling Corby
side.
It
was an organised and professional performance, rather than a
spectacular one and perhaps the most pleasing aspect for City is that
they were able to secure their first clean sheet in six attempts,
having occasionally leaked sloppy goals at times this season. The win
takes City's unbeaten run up to four games ahead of their FA Cup
clash with Yate Town this weekend.
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