DUFF: WE DID EVERYTHING BUT SCORE!

In-form visitors frustrated by stalemate

- George Riley

FRUSTRATED Cheltenham Town boss Michael Duff says his side made one of the best teams in League Two look “ordinary” after a goalless draw at Salford.

The two promotion hopefuls contested a stalemate that the Robins dominated at The Peninsula Stadium, with Salford ultimately hanging on to extend their unbeaten home run.

Cheltenham hit the bar in each half and the league’s second higher scorers had to settle for a point that Duff believes should have been three.

“There is a tinge of frustration, but I am delighted with the performance,” he did. “I tell the players all the time, ‘you worry about the performance and I will worry about the result’.

“They can’t do anything else, but the ball just hasn’t gone in. It was one of those days, we hit the crossbar twice and had one cleared off the line.

“I think the one that probably sums it up was when we pressed the goalkeeper and it bounces over his foot and falls just the wrong side of the post.”

Duff tipped Salford for promotion at the start of the year and believes the Ammies will respond to a frustrating afternoon.