CHAMPIONSHIP Shuttleworth praises never-say-die Argyle
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 October 2024 14:27
- Published on Saturday, 05 October 2024 19:25
- Written by ROSS REID at Home Park
Shuttleworth said: “I thought it was excellent from start to finish.”
Playmaker Morgan Whittaker headed the winner in the seventh and final minute of stoppage time after Jo Rankin-Costello’s controversial 86th minute goal cancelled out Micheal Obafemi’s first half opener.
Argyle boss Wayne Rooney saw red for complaining about the leveller.
Shuttleworth said: “To win a game like that is really exciting and lets the fans go home really pleased about that.
“I thought we were outstanding and fully deserved to win.
“The only slight disappointment is that we didn’t finish the game off earlier because we had enough chances to be comfortable going into injury time and when you don’t do that you always allow a team to stay in the game a little bit and that’s exactly what happened.
“The pleasing thing after that (Blackburn levelling) was our mentality to go and win the game.
“We were disappointed with their goal, I think that was evident and we could have easily gone under at that point. We didn’t we went down the other end and had a couple of chances and Morgan pops up with a header in the middle of the goal which was fantastic.
“To win three on the bounce here in front of these fans is really pleasing and we leave the ground a really happy group tonight.
“Wayne’s still passionate. He has got that passion. We were disappointed there wasn’t a foul given for the foul on Ryan Hardie leading up to the (Blackburn) goal.
“To win three games against three good teams – Sunderland who were top, Luton just down from the Premier League and Blackburn who were unbeaten until this week – is great, especially going into the international break.”
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