Macclesfield Town vs Exeter City. Sky Bet League Two.
Moss Rose GroundAttendance1,389.
Macclesfield Town 2
- C Kirby (40th minute)
- F Kelleher (63rd minute)
Exeter City 3
- N Ajose (11th minute)
- P Sweeney (17th minute)
- R Bowman (86th minute)
Macclesfield 2-3 Exeter: Grecians keep League Two title bid on course
Saturday 15 February 2020 18:08, UK
Exeter let slip a two-goal lead before Ryan Bowman scored a late winner to snatch a 3-2 victory at Macclesfield to keep their Sky Bet League Two title challenge on course.
The visitors had been firmly in control once Nicky Ajose and Pierce Sweeney had established a 2-0 lead by the 16th minute.
The unmarked Ajose was given the simplest of tap-ins when Randell Williams' ball across the face of goal came to him a yard out.
And soon after, Sweeney produced a smart first-time finish from Brennan Dickenson's cross.
The visitors should have been further ahead before a fluke goal after 40 minutes gave struggling Macclesfield a lifeline.
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Ben Tollitt delivered a cross into the area and the Grecians' Archie Collins fired his clearance against Connor Kirby, the rebound looping over goalkeeper Lewis Ward and into the net.
Despite playing into gale-force winds and torrential rain in the second half, Macclesfield were the far better side and levelled through captain Fiacre Kelleher, who thundered home a header from Tollitt's corner after 63 minutes.
But, five minutes from time, an Exeter attack against the run of play ended with Williams' cross being turned in by Bowman.
