- Chester City
- 2-2
- Dagenham Redbridge
- Mannix (86), Roberts (89)
- Strevens (6), Ritchie (36)
- Date:2009-02-28
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:The Deva Stadium
- Attendance:1416
- Referee:Haywood, M
Live Commentary
90mins
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
89mins
Goal!! Kevin Roberts scores for Chester.
88mins
Glen Southam is booked for dissent.
86mins
Goal!! David Mannix scores for Chester.
76mins
The referee has booked Anthony Barry.
75mins
Dagenham are replacing Mark Arber with Anwar Uddin.
62mins
Ben Jones is replaced by Ritchie Partridge.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 2.
45mins
Half time whistle is blown by M Haywood
42mins
Shaun Kelly is being taken off, Glenn Rule has come on in his place.
36mins
Goal!! Matt Ritchie scores for Dagenham.
6mins
Goal!! Dagenham have scored with Ben Strevens putting it in the back of the net.
0mins
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
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Match Report
Two goals in the last four minutes rescued a precious point for relegation-threatened Chester City.
Promotion-chasing Dagenham & Redbridge had looked to have secured the points after racing into a two-goal lead, but the home side hit back late on through David Mannix and Kevin Roberts.
The visitors opened the scoring in the sixth minute when Jon Nurse pulled the ball across the face of goal for Ben Strevens to sidefoot home from ten yards out.
On 26 minutes, goalscorer Strevens wasted a great opportunity to put his side two up, when a header from Matt Ritchie sent him clean through on goal, but his finish struck the post and rebounded to safety.
Ritchie had the ball in the net on 33 minutes, only for his effort to be ruled offside, but he did not have long to wait as three minutes later he doubled the advantage.
Chester defender James Vaughan cleared the ball straight to Ritchie, who lashed home with a thunderous left-foot effort from just inside the penalty area.
The second half brought the expected response from the home side, who had clearly had a severe talking-to at half-time from manager Mark Wright.
Lawrence Wilson shot wide and Kevin Ellison fired an effort on the turn over the bar.
The last few minutes saw the game turned on its head when Mannix gave Chester hope with a header from Ryan Lowe's corner on 86 minutes.
Three minutes later Lowe again turned provider, his free-kick finding Roberts, who headed home from close range to steal a point.
Dagenham Redbridge Team
Chester City | Dagenham Redbridge |
Corners
| 4 | 6 |
Fouls
| 13 | 4 |
Goal attempts
| 12 | 10 |
Shots off target
| 8 | 5 |
Offsides
| 8 | 7 |