Pyrford Thrash Knaphill To Go 3rd

<p>Pyrford produced an excellent performance against bottom of the table Knaphill, and ran out comfortable winners.

<p>From the outset Pyrford were in control and quickly&nbsp;settled into a&nbsp;good&nbsp;short-passing game.&nbsp; Good pressure from Snipes early on forced a corner, which was whipped in by Matt.&nbsp; The keeper could only push it out to Lewis, who made no mistake from 8 yards.&nbsp; Pyrford were in control, even at this early stage, and it was no surprise when they doubled their lead soon after.&nbsp; A long throw from Thommo was brought down and out of his stride brilliantly by Arran, who turned neatly and curled the ball into the far corner.

<p>Knaphill were struggling to get on the ball, as Pyrford were able to keep possession easily in all areas of the pitch.&nbsp; The third goal soon came, and it was a superb individual effort by Thommo.&nbsp; Andy Kidd played the ball out wide to Thommo, and he cut inside and&nbsp;skipped past two crude challenges, then past a third man, before hitting the ball into the bottom corner from 25 yards.

<p>It was fast becoming a question of how many Pyrford would score, and although Knaphill had forced a couple of corners, they had hardly threatened Nathan's goal.&nbsp; At the other end, Snipes' persistence were causing Knaphill all sorts of problems, and it wasn't long before he got on the scoresheet, chasing down the home full back with Arran&nbsp;and dispossessing the goalkeeper to run into an empty net.&nbsp; He should've added another soon after in similar circumstances, but shot wide&nbsp;from a tight angle when he had more time than he realised.

<p>There was time for Lewis to add another before half time, after an excellent through ball from Arran.&nbsp; He shifted the ball to his left foot having been put through after a great one-two, and cooly slotted into the far corner.

<p>6-0 at half time, and the momentum was always going to be difficult to maintain.&nbsp; Knaphill adjusted their shape and closed down much quicker, and the game evened out a little.&nbsp; Pyrford should have been 7 up when Snipes' pass&nbsp;found Arran who slotted home, but he was adjudged to be offside by a linesman 30 yards away from the line of the last defender.&nbsp; Pyrford would've added considerably to the tally, but for some excellent saves from the home keeper, who made amends for being partly responsible for some of the earlier goals.

<p>Knaphill started to create and were given an opportunity to get a consolation, when Duane needlessly bundled over their striker just inside the box.&nbsp; The resulting penalty was hit hard and low, but Nathan guessed right and restored the 6 goal advantage with a good save.

<p>Snipes completed a deserved hattrick late in the second half, once again by chasing down the home defence, and he ran the ball home for the third time. Lewis almost completed a perfect hattirck soon after, but his header drifted over.&nbsp; Matt also had a&nbsp;number of good chances but fired over on&nbsp;each occasion.

<p>At times the passing and control was a joy to watch, and Pyrford had killed the game off very early with some excellent finishing.&nbsp; A thoroughly different challenge awaits next week against Division 1 AFC Egham.