Crawley Town player ratings: 9s for defenders and 8s for goalscorers as Reds pick up three vital points

Reds were given a big boost early on when Zech Medley was sent off for two bookable offences in the first 10 minutes – with both fouls being on Kaheim Dixon.

Reds dominated the rest of the first half and broke the deadlock five minutes before the break when Josh Flint when on a Mickey van de Ven-esque run before passing to Louis Flower, who fired home.

Lindsey’s men continued to dominate in the second half and got the second on 65 minutes when Harry Forster fired home from 25 yards.

But it was a nervy finish for the Reds when the visitors pulled one back in the 78th minute through James Bolton.

And it was a frenetic last 15 minutes or so which saw the introduction of Jay Williams

Here are our player ratings

Jojo Wollacott 8 – Was awarded October Player of the Month before the game. Quick throw out to Flint led to Flower’s goal. Only called into action a couple of times and stood no real chance with the visitor’s goal.

Scott Malone n/a – Captain for the day in Conroy’s absence but his game only lasted 15 minutes after picking up an injury. Replaced by Forster

Ben Radcliffe 8 – First league start of the season for the defender, playing on the right of the back three. A good performance and an asset in defence as well as attack.

Charlie Barker 9 – Playing at the centre of the back three with Conroy out. Made captain after Malone went off and led by example, as he always does. Immense.

Josh Flint 9 – van de Ven-esque run set up Flower for his goal. Solid in defence and effective going forward

Max Anderson 8 – Lindsey said he was arguably Reds best player in recent games and showed why. A calming influence in the centre of the field.

Reece Brown 7 – Gave the ball away a couple of times in the first half but busy and industrious.

Louie Watson 7 – Looked to be creative and played a lovely through to Adeyemo late in second half. Always poised on the ball. Almost scored but shot was deflected over.

Ade Adeyemo 8 – First start since the home defeat to Barrow. Started on right but moved to left after Malone went off. Lively and nearly scored just before the berak but was denied by a good save. Replaced by Pereira on 58 minutes.

Kaheim Dixon 7 – Contributed in the first 10 minutes by being fouled twice by Zech Medley, who was subsequently sent off. Had some good moments but relatively quiet. Replaced by Williams

Louis Flower 8 – Was caught offside early on a couple of times but when his chance came he took with aplomb. Showed a

Subs:

Harry Forster 8 – Replaced the injured Malone after just 15 minutes. Showed lots of energy and scored an absolute beauty to make it 2-0.

Dion Pereira 7 – Replaced Adeyemo on 58 minutes. Looked lively as soon as he came on and had a shot deflected wide.

Jay Williams n/a – Replaced Dixon on 84 minutes. First action was facing up to Bonds and getting a talking to from the ref! He was physical and got the crowd going. If 10 minutes ever summed up a player, this was it.