No complaints from Worksop Town boss after defeat at Chester

Lewis Whitham’s goal early in the second half gave below-par Worksop some hope before the hosts pulled away for a convincing win.

“I have no complaints, we were beaten by a better side,” he said. “It was a performance of no energy in attack. We looked lethargic in the warm-up

“It was flat and with no energy, we couldn't get near them at times. It is tired legs and a disappointing result.

“We haven't given a good account of ourselves and shown what we can do. We have come here and been mannequins around the pitch for 90 mins.

“I have given them the excuse of Tuesday (extra-time FA Cup replay) and the lack of energy, which is right, but we have to get closer to them than that.”

The hosts grabbed the opener in the 16th minute thanks to a fast counterattack from Jefferson Abreu, who played Ruben Butt through to place it past Max Dearnley.

Worksop’s first chance came around ten minutes later when Lewis Whitham cut inside from the left flank, however his shot from outside the area was comfortably caught by Luke Hewiston.

Butt and Abreu both saw great chances to double Chester’s lead going begging.

But the hosts eventually got their reward just one minute after the break when Andrew Boyce failed to clear a cross, leaving Billy Waters free to poke it home.

Whitham grabbed one back for the Tigers just seven minutes later with a signature curled shot from outside the box into the top right corner.

However, Chester responded almost immediately with Waters grabbing his second goal of the half.

Dearnley was called into action on the hour mark as he was forced to make a low save to deny Tom Peers after a through ball from Abreu.

Abreu’s constant threat down the left wing finally paid off for the hosts in the 68th minute as he fought off Jay Abudu and placed it in the top right corner to grab Chester’s fourth of the day.

The Tigers return to cup action next weekend as we host FC United of Manchester in the FA Cup on Saturday.