Northampton Town 2-3 Plymouth Argyle

Lewis Alessandra's goal took his total for Plymouth this season to seven

Promotion-chasing Plymouth held off a late Northampton fight-back to secure an away victory.

The visitors took the lead when Peter Hartley headed in before Andy Kellett doubled their advantage with a finish from inside the area.

Plymouth made it 3-0 when Lewis Alessandra struck from 12 yards.

Substitute Ivan Toney pulled one back before Stewart Murdoch's long-range strike set up a tense finish, but Plymouth held on.

Northampton Town manager Chris Wilder told BBC Radio Northampton:

"The last 10 minutes can't paper over the cracks. There's a lot of hard work needed.

"I've made players available for loan and I'd be worried if I was some of them, because there have been hardly any enquiries.

"I think sometimes I've been too nice to this group of players. They will all be in tomorrow at 8am."