Opposition view: City boss Neil Wood reacts to Salford's narrow win at Sixfields

Salford City manager Neil Wood was pleased with his side’s battling qualities after their hard-fought victory over Northampton at Sixfields on Saturday.

Ethan Galbraith scored the game’s only goal when finishing off a neat move on the stroke of half-time as Salford made it three straight away wins and their first ever against Northampton.

The Ammies are now up to fourth, just two points behind the Cobblers with a game in hand.

"We knew it was going to be a tough game and we knew Northampton have got a lot of threats going forward," said Wood. "The front four are really lively, they interchange well and they look to deliver to them quickly so we had to nullify that threat.

"I think the good thing for us is that we can compete in games like this and we can hold our ground but we can also go up another level and get the ball down and play and cause problems. That showed with the goal. We knew there wouldn't be many moments for us in the game and we had to capitalise when we did.

"It's really pleasing for me to see that we can go away from home, in a tough environment, and hold our own. It's probably the first game of the season where we had less possession than the opposition but there's a reason for that.

"We sat off and we didn't want to commit too many bodies forward. We had to defend the long balls and land on the second balls and that was a big part of the game plan.”