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By Joe Jones
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Notts County assistant manager Richard Dryden has praised his 'hardworking' players after recovering from a “ridiculous” start against Cambridge United to put up a fight in Saturday’s League Two defeat at Meadow Lane.
The Magpies were a goal down just four minutes in when Luke Berry charged down Scott Loach's clearance and the ball went into the net – a carbon copy of Ben Williamson's goal in November's corresponding fixture.
Though Haydn Hollis pulled the home side level, Williamson hit the second-half winner to give Shaun Derry’s side a 2-1 win and place them to within five points of the League Two play-offs with two games to play.
Speaking after the game, Dryden said: "It's been a very long week.
"I said after the Mansfield game that it was great to have a game on the Tuesday against Barnet to rectify the defeat in the derby. But Barnet wasn't a great performance or result.
"I thought against Cambridge we started horrifically for the first eight to 10 minutes.
"It was ridiculous how we started, but after that we ran around and had a go for each other.
"Alan Smith epitomised what we are looking for. He was up front, battling away and causing them a lot of problems.
"But you just can't work out how we are conceding so many poor goals. Whether it be set-plays or open play, if we are going to do anything then we have to be much better.
"In my opinion, although we worked hard, we were just a little bit short on quality. But we were lacking in the final shot or final ball."
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