Strike partners Jamille Matt and Josh Gordon earned praise from Walsall manager Mat Sadler as the ruthless side beat Morecambe with a 3-0 League Two win.

The score did not tell the whole story with the Saddlers having to withstand plenty of pressure to move to within three points of the play-off places – despite remaining in 16th place.

Sadler said: “I thought Jamille and Josh up front were awesome and they beat them up. That was how I saw the game.

“I think by the 60 to 75-minute mark, they wanted no more of what they were offering and that was top centre-forward work from those guy...