Milton Keynes Dons 3 - 0 Shrewsbury Town

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Saturday Aug 25 2007 03:00

MK DONS scored three second half goals to hand Paul Ince his first win as boss and emphatically end Shrewsbury's 100 per cent start to the season.Leon Knight's predatory finish, Lloyd Dyer's close-range strike and skipper Keith Andrews' volley capped a dominant display from the Dons to demolish the Shrews.

Milton Keynes controlled the game from the off and Andrews' fierce 25-yard free-kick was beaten out by Shrews goalkeeper Glyn Garner in the 12th minute before Stuart Nicholson wasted the visitors' only chance of the half when he fired straight at MK keeper Willy Gueret from 15 yards five minutes later.

Andrews, Aaron Wilbraham and Mark Wright all went close before Knight put them ahead two minutes after the break.

The diminutive striker raced onto Andrews' flick and rammed home his third goal in as many games high past Garner from an acute angle.

Shrewsbury battled back and Dave Hibbert almost equalised when he fired against the crossbar from 12 yards before Nicholson was denied by a brave block from Gueret.

But Dyer doubled the Dons' lead in the 77th minute when he latched onto Knight's pass and finished well from six yards before Andrews volleyed home a poor defensive header from 14 yards to make it 3-0 five minutes from the end.

The Dons laid siege to the visitors' goal in the closing stages but Wright and Dean Lewington were both denied by Garner as the hosts cruised to victory.

  • 90
    That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
  • 85
    Aaron Wilbraham is replaced by Drewe Broughton.
  • 84
    Goal!! Keith Andrews scores for MK Dons.
  • 82
    Mark Wright is replaced by Jon-Paul McGovern.
  • 80
    The referee has booked David Hunt.
  • 78
    Goal!! MK Dons have scored with Lloyd Dyer putting it in the back of the net.
  • 74
    The referee has booked Jude Stirling.
  • 71
    Danny Hall is being taken off, David Hunt has come on in his place.
  • 65
    Dave Hibbert is replaced by Michael Symes.
  • 58
    Aaron Wilbraham is booked for unsporting behaviour.
  • 47
    Goal!! MK Dons have scored with Leon Knight putting it in the back of the net.
  • 46
    The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
  • 46
    Shrewsbury are replacing Colin Murdock with Darren Kempson.
  • 45
    Half time whistle is blown by G Ward
  • 21
    The referee has booked Dean Lewington.
  • 0
    The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
  • 0
    It's red. He's off. has been sent off.

Statistics

Milton Keynes Dons
Shots on target 3
Shots off target 13
Shots off bar/post 1
Fouls 9
Offsides 1
Corners 7

Shrewsbury Town
Shots on target 1
Shots off target 1
Shots off bar/post 1
Fouls 11
Offsides 1
Corners 3

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