Scunthorpe United 3-4 Solihull Moors: Moors mount fab fightback

By James Moody

SCUNTHORPE 3

Nuttall 10, 36, Daniel 13

SOLIHULL M 4

Osborne 41, Kelleher 44, Dallas 82, Reid 85

BACK IN IT: Solihull Moors celebrate after Fiacre Kelleher scores their second

PICTURE: Luke Broughton

SOLIHULL Moors provided the comeback of all comebacks as they came from 3-0 down to take all three points in a scintillating encounter at Glanford Park.

A brace from Joe Nuttall – taking him to four for the season – and a first Iron league goal for Colin Daniel had put Scunthorpe in a seemingly assured lead but for a quickfire double from Jamey Osborne and Fiacre Kelleher bringing the scoreline back to 3-2 before half-time.

Late second-half goals from Andrew Dallas and substitute Alex Reid gave the Moors the win.

The warning signs were there in the early stages for Moors even before Nuttall opened the scoring on ten minutes, hooking the ball over his head and expertly lobbing keeper Louie Molden.

Nuttall then turned provider as Scunthorpe doubled their lead three minutes later when a turnover of posses sion allowed Liam Feeney to storm down the left channel and cut the ball inside the area to the Iron frontman. He took one touch before teeing up Daniel, who rolled a firsttime effort past Molden into his far left-hand corner.

Nuttall then added his second and Scunthorpe’s third in the 36th minute when he latched onto a weighted ball over the top by Rowe to chest the ball down and lift the ball over the advancing Molden.

Out of nowhere the balance equilibrium wasshifted on 42 minutes when the visitors got one back – Osborne rifling a long range effort beyond Dewhurst into his left corner.

Solihull gave themselves real home just before halftime as Kelleher headed in off the underside of the bar following a corner shortly after Dewhurst saved from Ben Coker’s free-kick.

A double switch from manager Neal Ardley at half-time gave Moors an extra spring in their step in the second half as they bombarded the Iron with a number of advances forward and shots on goal, most notably a double save from Dewhurst to deny both Dallas and Reid.

The away side were turning the screw and eventually got the equaliser when Dallas coolly finished off a neat move before the scene was set for Reid to covert the winner as he angled in his effort from the edge of the box.

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Despite surrendering a three-goal lead, Scunthorpe boss Keith Hill took the positives, saying: “You do feel a disappointment in the result but there were a lot of aspects of the game which I was really pleased with, especially in the first half.

“We lost 4-3 because of ourselves. Other than the first goal, which is an amazing strike, we should have dealt with the game better.”

STAR MAN: Jamey Osborne (Solihull)

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ENTERTAINMENT: ★★★★★

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