Walsall 2 Crawley Town 2

Will Grigg grabbed a dramatic last gasp leveller to keep Walsall in the promotion hunt.

Striker Grigg slotted in defender Andy Taylor's 92nd minute cross from five yards to claim  his ninth goal in seven games.

Walsall have now lost only one in fourteen outings as they close in on the play-offs.

My piece from Sunday's paper

Manager Dean Smith was pleased with Walsall's spirit and said:

"I felt we deserved it and we were unfortunate to go two goals down. The first half was lacklustre and we didn't do enough to get the fans on their feet.

"But credit to the lads - they kept going. I don't think we were at our fluent best, but sometimes you have to show another side to your game and we did that."

Winger Jamie Paterson had given the Saddlers a lifeline in the 90th minute when he rifled his twelfth of the campaign from just inside the box.

Crawley seemed to be coasting until stoppage time and Jamie Proctor put them ahead when he lashed in his third of the season from twenty yards in the 52nd minute.

And former Swansea striker Proctor was involved in Crawley's second in the 71st minute.

Keeper Aaron McCarey clawed away Proctor's header, but co-striker Paul Hayes pounced on the loose ball to grab his first goal since joining on loan from Brentford last Monday.

Paterson had come close to levelling Proctor's opener in the 67th minute, but after racing from his own half, saw his shot from the edge of the box hit the post.

Jamie Paterson's late, late 'consolation' may prove to be more important than he at first thought and he said:

"When I scored I thought it was a consolation - I thought it was the 92nd or 93rd minute. But when we heard the fans we all thought we could still get a point.

"We just had to grind a draw out. At the end it felt like we'd won and they probably felt like they'd lost.

"We're one win from the play-offs and if they'd offered us that at the start of the season we'd have snatched their hands off. It's ridiculously tight in our league, but we're top of the form guide."

Smith remained positive despite dropping the two points and said:

"The lads are working hard for each other and displaying a never-say-die attitude.

"We've got some good players here and at two goals down with only a couple of minutes to go it would have been easy to accept defeat, but the lads refused to do that and we got our reward in the end.

"There is still a lot to play for with some tough games coming up, but we are enjoying it and no-one will relish facing us at the moment."

Crawley manager Richie Barker groaned:

"It’s tough to take, because everything we did was working. We had a game plan and it was working for 89 minutes and then we fell apart. We have to start learning quickly."

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