Hove Lawns FC vs Goods First
3 - 4
03 December 2017 · SSFL Sussex Sunday Football League<br>Division 4
Home league match played on 03 December 2017.
Kicked off at 10:30 AM
3-4
vs Goods First
Home league match
Hove suffered their fourth successive league defeat this morning in a game they feel they should have won.
Starting brightly, Hove created several chances and deservedly scored within the first 10 minutes to set-up what looked like being the first of many. However, despite continued pressure, the additional goals did not follow and against the run of play Goods equalised through an unfortunate own goal. Two further goals followed quickly for Goods from range as they went in 3 - 1 up at the break.
The next goal would prove to be crucial and it went the way of Goods early in the second half as they scored following some poor defending where we failed to clear the ball on 3 occasions.
Hove pulled back a second with a penalty and then scored a third from a corner with 15 minutes to play. The game became very niggly which suited the opposition as they slowed the game down through time wasting and off the ball incidents which frustrated Hove and stopped the momentum.
Hove ended the game with 5 attacking players on the pitch as they pushed for an equaliser but it didn't come and Hove lost 4 - 3 for the third game in a row
Goals: Luke Mitchell x 2, Declan Brewster (pen)
Man of the match: Despite an unfortunate own goal, I thought Lee Sanders had his best game for us today. Particularly in the second half in the centre of a back 3 Lee was in complete control at the back and is a deserved winner this week.
Another frustrating morning for us. We didn't play too badly and I thought we deserved to win but things are not going our way at the moment. We look a little rushed at times which means we don't show as much composure on the ball as we should. This gifts the ball to the opposition and means we are having spells in games having to do a lot of defending. Despite that, I don't necessarily think that's why we lost today.
I think they were very fortunate with 3 of the 4 goals and we were a bit wasteful too. Earlier in the season we win this game but confidence is a bit low right now. I still think a win will come soon but it is becoming more important by the week that we get it soon.