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Lowe's Burton assessment

Ryan Lowe admitted there is more to come from this Argyle side, after their 2-1 win over Burton Albion at Home Park on Saturday.

The victory moved the Pilgrims to the top of the Sky Bet League One table and extended their unbeaten run to eleven games in the league.

First half goals from Conor Grant and Ryan Broom put the Pilgrims 2-0 in front and in truth it could have been a lot more.

Lucas Akins pulled a goal midway through the second half and the Greens were forced to defend in the latter stages of the game.

It is this area that Ryan believes his side can do even better with.

Speaking after the game he said, “We have to keep improving, keep working hard to sustain this. Other teams are going to start playing differently against us now.

“I thought in the first half, we were fantastic. The football, the work, the chances, the goals were brilliant.

“In the second half you have to give Burton a little bit of credit, they had nothing to lose and changed shape and came at us.

“We got a little bit sloppy in some areas, but there wasn’t any panic.

“When Burton scored the lift the fans gave us was amazing. The players must feel it.”

It’s not the first time that Lowe has mentioned the impact of the supporters during a game.

The 2-1 win over Doncaster Rovers last month was also picked out by the manager as a game where the fans helped the players.

With almost 12,000 inside Home Park, the Green Army once again gave the side a lift to get over the line to get the win.

Ryan said, “They are showing their appreciation of how hard the lads are working.

“We want to make sure that this football club is a sustainable Championship club in the future, everyone at the club has that aim.

“The fans want that too and our job is to make sure we get there.

“They can enjoy the moment, enjoy the performance enjoy the win and enjoy being top of the league.”

BURTON Albion assistant manager

BURTON Albion assistant manager Dino Maamria felt the Brewers deserved a point from this afternoon's defeat at Plymouth Argyle, but that his side paid the price for a poor first half.

The Brewers were two goals down at the break to goals from Conor Grant and former Brewer Ryan Broom.

But a much-improved second half, aided by a tactical switch, saw Albion come close to taking a share of the spoils, Lucas Akins reducing arrears by netting the Brewers' 700th Football League goal and Dan Jebbison coming close to equalising late on.

Maamria admitted he was disappointed with the first half but felt Albion were dominant in the second.

"We knew they were going to go to a 3-5-2 - the plan was to press them high up the field, and get our full-backs to their wing-backs," said Maamria.

"But we didn’t press enough and they played around us too much in the first half, which we were disappointed with.

"We changed shape at half-time and went to match them, with more up front, and I thought we dominated the second half.

"We probably deserved the draw and had a great chance to equalise through Dan Jebbison, who was unfortunate not to score.

"But while we’re pleased with the second half, the first half was not good enough.

"Out of possession we always have to press them and push them back. But we didn’t play any football in the first half and in and out of possession, we were really poor up until half-time.

"Lucas works really hard and he took his goal well. It was a team goal, a well-worked pattern that we’ve been working on.

"I thought we did really well to work it from the back three all the way to the forwards, and it was a good finish."

The Brewers also lost Kane Hemmings early on to an injury.

"Unfortunately this is part of football, but Jebbison came on and gave us some legs, some energy, and did okay," said Maamria.

"It’s unfortunate for Kane but hopefully he will be back soon. He played his first 90 minutes in a long time on Tuesday."

Amazing throw out from Cooper for the second goal.