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Tafazolli: We deserved the victory

16 August 2014

Defender believes we were the better team in victory over Oxford United.

Ryan Tafazolli hailed midfielder/assistant-manager Adam Murray after his decisive late strike earned us a vital 2-1 win over Oxford United.

Tafazolli put us on course for three points with a close-range header late in the first half, but the visitors looked to be on course to snatch a point when Danny Hylton converted a spot-kick.

However, Murray who had only just came off the bench, struck in the dying minutes to earn us our first win in Sky Bet League Two this season.

Tafazolli said: ā€œI’m not sure how easily the referee gave [the penalty to Oxford], but Adam Murray made amends for me.ā€

ā€œAll credit to him, he’s taken away the attention from me. I didn’t want to be held responsible for us losing two points.ā€

Tafazolli thought the Stags deserved the win over the 90 minutes.

He continued: ā€œWe limited them to only a number of chances, so I think we definitely deserved to win.ā€

ā€œWe were solid, our structure looked good today. They didn’t really have that many chances so it was a shame when we conceded.

ā€œAll credit [goes] to the gaffer for making two changes, bringing on Muz [Adam Murray] and Fergo [Fergus Bell]. They made the difference when they came on and for the better.ā€

With regards to his own display, Tafazolli said that he’s pleased with both his, and the teams start to the season: ā€œI just go in to every game giving my everything and I’m pleased that I’m putting in some good performances.ā€

ā€œWe looked quite solid today, when we did give away cheap free-kicks and corners, we didn’t look like we were going to concede. Everyone needs to take their good performances in to Tuesday night.ā€

Ryan Tafazolli’s full post-match interview will be available on Stags Player later tonight. To subscribe, click here.


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