Bristol City 1-0 Crawley Town- Match Report

Bristol City 1-0 Crawley Town: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game as it happened.Ayling cracks Crawley resistanceLuke Ayling fired an 87th-minute winner to keep Bristol City top of the table with a 1-0 victory over Crawley.The defender showed great composure when the ball dropped to him 10 yards out following a corner and sent a well-struck volley past Crawley goalkeeper Lewis Price from an angle.It was tough on the visitors, who battled manfully to restrict their hosts and looked set for a point when they withstood some heavy pressure just before Ayling's goal.Crawley keeper Price made brilliant first-half saves to deny Kieran Agard and Joe Bryan as City made most of the running.The visitors were restricted to long-range efforts from Shaun Miller and Lanre Oyebanjo, but worked hard all over the park to limit the openings for their high-riding opponents.City looked a threat at set-pieces with the height of Aden Flint and Matt Smith causing problems for the Crawley defence.But John Gregory's team competed for every ball and appeared crest-fallen at the final whistle

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