York City 1-2 Plymouth Argyle

Jake Jervis took his tally for the season to 10 by scoring Plymouth Argyle's opener

Jackie McNamara's first League Two game in charge of York ended in defeat at the hands of leaders Plymouth Argyle.

The Pilgrims dominated the game, with Jake Jervis heading in Graham Carey's cross for the first after the pair both had earlier efforts saved.

The impressive Carey fired in the second from Gregg Wylde's cross.

Carey hit the bar with a cross in the second half before Ben Godfrey got a consolation goal in the eighth minute of stoppage time.

There were 10 additional minutes after York's Dave Winfield was stretchered off midway through the second half with his neck in a brace after a clash of heads with Argyle defender Peter Hartley.

The win maintained Plymouth's five-point lead at the top of League Two, while York's defeat left them two points clear of the relegation places.

York City manager Jackie McNamara told BBC Radio York:

"I was more pleased with the second half. First half, I thought there was far too much fear in their game.

"We weren't taking responsibility, we weren't on the ball and passing it to others when it's on in the last third.

"So we changed things, brought on our 36-year-old (Jonathan Greening) at half-time to take responsibility on the ball and help others and I thought he did that.

"He steadied us down a little bit."