Burton Albion 1-1 Dag & Red: Match Report

Burton Albion 1-1 Dag & Red: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game as it happened.Ten-man Daggers hold BrewersDagenham battled to a 1-1 draw at high-flying Burton despite being down to 10 men for most of the second half.Billy Kee came off the bench after the dismissal of Jack Connors to cancel out a superb Lawson D'Ath strike for the visitors.Burton almost took the lead in the 14th minute when Adam McGurk's powerful header was nodded off the goal-line by the diving Connors.Scott Doe also did his bit the keep the visitors level when he got his body in the way of a fierce shot from Jimmy Phillips, before Robbie Weir and Matt Palmer blazed shots high and wide respectively.Burton's first-half pressure counted for nothing and, on the stroke of half-time, D'Ath lashed a 20-yard shot high into the net after a rapid counter-attack.Rob Lainton denied Medy Elito a second goal soon after the break, but it was backs-to-the-wall for Wayne Burnett's side when Connors picked up his second yellow card in the 55th minute.Albion's equaliser duly came in the 69th minute when substitute Kee turned on to a Phillips pass and fired into the bottom corner.Weir then hit a post in injury time as Burton fought in vain for a winner which did not come.

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