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Manchester United’s Rhys Bennett helped Fleetwood City to an necessary 2-1 league victory over MK Dons.
The Youth Cup successful centre again performed a significant position in his aspect’s 2-0 away win towards Salford Metropolis on the weekend and was additionally essential to The Cods selecting up one other very useful three factors at dwelling final evening.
The away aspect dominated the ball with 73% possession however they had been solely in a position to get off 4 photographs on purpose in the complete recreation.
After being omitted from the beginning line up over Christmas, Bennett has made a return to the primary eleven within the new 12 months and began alongside James Bolton in a again two.
He performed the complete 90 minutes and Sofascore gave him a rating of 6.7 for his night’s work.
Bennett was not known as upon as a lot as he was over the weekend however the 21 12 months outdated was nonetheless in a position to make 5 necessary clearances to maintain the Dons at bay.
The defender additionally made two interceptions within the recreation however he was not required to make any tackles.
He additionally didn’t have his finest evening in duels as he did not win his solely floor battle and solely received two out of 5 aerial contests.
As a consequence of his aspect’s low possession statistics, he had little time on the ball however what he did have, he used effectively.
He made 10 out of 13 cross makes an attempt for an accuracy of 77% and accomplished two out of his 4 lengthy ball makes an attempt.
There was nothing he may do about MK Don’s comfort purpose both because it was a protracted vary effort that discovered the underside nook of Jay Lynch’s internet.
Bennett will likely be delighted with the second consecutive win and likewise the dear minutes within the first crew.
The Fishermen will host Carlisle United on Saturday afternoon hoping a 3rd consecutive win may take them into the highest half of League Two.
United striker, Joe Hugill, lately moved to Carlisle so it is going to be attention-grabbing to see if Bennett will likely be examined towards his fellow academy product at Highbury Stadium on the weekend.
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