Mansfield Town vs Crewe Alexandra. Sky Bet League Two.
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Mansfield Town 3
- L Angol (15th minute)
- K Hemmings (50th minute)
- R Miller (76th minute)
Crewe Alexandra 4
- J Jones (7th minute)
- J Bowery (10th minute)
- H Pickering (25th minute)
- C Kirk (27th minute)
Mansfield 3-4 Crewe: Alex survive brave Stags fightback
Saturday 7 April 2018 20:54, UK
Mansfield Town's brave fightback fell just short as they were pipped 4-3 at home by Crewe in an a Sky Bet League Two thriller.
The fading play-off hopefuls are now eight games without a win, but battled hard after finding themselves 4-1 behind in a dismal first-half showing.
James Jones made use of time and space offered on seven minutes to drill home the opener from the edge of the box. Three minutes later Conrad Logan saved a Jones shot only to see Jordan Bowery on hand to ram home from close range.
Lee Angol gave the Stags hope after 15 minutes when he netted at the second attempt after Ben Garratt had saved his header from Kane Hemmings' cross.
But Crewe served up another double blow as Charlie Kirk set up Harry Pickering for a low finish after 25 minutes and, two minutes later, Bowery laid off a Paul Green cross for Kirk to smash home.
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Hemmings headed home from close range from sub Ricky Miller's cross within five minutes of the restart.
The thrills continued as Rhys Bennett hooked a Pickering finish off the line, while Danny Rose hit the Crewe crossbar and Miller set up a thrilling finish when a CJ Hamilton shot was deflected to him on 77 minutes, but Crewe held firm.
