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Clough luck Nige! Three goals will have to do

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 February 2020

By Laura Massey
NIGEL CLOUGH felt his Burton side should have won by an even larger margin at Southend.
The Brewers ended a run of six games without a victory by claiming all three points at Roots Hall.
But Clough thought Burton should have scored more.
“We deserved the victory and I’m just a bit frustrated it got so close at the end because for most of the game our play was good enough to be more than one goal clear,” he said.
“The conditions made it difficult, but I thought we got the ball down and played pretty well for the vast majority of the game.
“We ...

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