McMahon heaps praise on keeper Gulacsi

(GSM) – John McMahon hailed the performance of goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi after the Hungarian made a number of crucial saves during the Reserves’ 2-1 win over Bolton Wanderers on Monday night.

Both the goals came in the second half through substitute David Ngog and an OG from Bolton skipper Rhys Bennett, but Gulacsi made several important stops when the scoreline was still 0-0.
“Peter is fantastic to have in the team,” McMahon told.

“He is very reliable and he made some great saves for us. I felt for him at the end when we conceded a late goal because he prides himself on clean sheets and to be honest he deserved one,” he said.

McMahon continued, “We had to work very hard for the three points. We kept going and showed a good attitude. We tried to do the right things but Bolton made it tough for us. Full credit to them, they were competitive and worked really hard.”

“Dani Pacheco was man marked throughout the game and it was a good learning curve for him how to cope in different situations,” he explained of Dani Pacheco.

The Reds extended their unbeaten run to 16 games and moved to within three points of leaders Manchester United at the top of the Barclays Premier Reserve League North with the win.

“We had a better mentality and desire than we showed against Wigan so that was pleasing, but some of our play still needs to improve,” added McMahon.

“We are on a really good run so full credit to the lads but we need to keep it going.”

McMahon also had words of encouragement for Academy starlet Alex Cooper who made a great impact when he came off the bench to set up the opening goal for Ngog.

“Alex came on and was strong,” he said. “He used the ball intelligently and full credit to him because he did really well for the goal,” he praised.