FA Cup highlights: Salford City 2-1 Shrewsbury Town
Veteran midfielder Matty Lund’s first-half brace helped Salford City advance to the second round of the FA Cup with victory over League One Shrewsbury Town.
The game was only five minutes old when Lund capitalised on sloppy Shrewsbury defending to rifle the League Two hosts in front from close range.
Undeterred by their opponents’ fast start, Shrewsbury battled their way back into the game and drew level after 15 minutes through John Marquis’ calm finish.
Kelly N’mai was denied by the offside flag as Salford muscled their way back into the ascendancy. But the home side were rewarded for their positive attacking intent when Lund headed low past Toby Savin to restore Salford’s advantage.
Moments after falling behind again, Shrewsbury, who had made seven changes, squandered a golden opportunity to restore parity when George Lloyd was denied one-on-one by Matt Young.
The away side improved after the half-time break and came close to drawing level after 50 minutes, but had a goal ruled out when Lloyd was denied by the linesman after tapping in from close range.
But visiting keeper Savin had to react sharply to deny livewire N’mai and Salford’s resilient defence then stood up in the face of late Shrewsbury pressure.
Match report supplied by PA Media
Matty Lund scored his first two goals of the season to fire Salford into round two
