IF ATTACK is the name of the game then Leigh RMI got their just desserts.

They were held 1-1 at home to Gainsborough Trinity, a late goal costing them victory for the second time in a week.

They went into the break a goal up after a decisive injury time strike from Mick Wallace, but their negative approach to the second-half probably cost them three points.

Lying second in the table and with only one defeat in 14 games, they should have had enough confidence to be positive. Instead, they played a containing game - and it backfired badly.

In fairness, injury robbed them of their recognised strikeforce from the outset, forcing manager Steve Waywell to switch winger Ian Monk to spearhead the attack alongside new signing David Eatock. Their safety-first policy worked a treat in the second-half until two minutes from time when, with their only chance of the half, Trinity equalised.

A near-chanceless second-half was in sharp contrast to the first 45 minutes which were full of incident and goalmouth action.

Eatock, Steve Jones and Paul Jones all missed golden opportunities before they finally unlocked the Trinity defence when neat inter-play on the edge of the box enabled Monk to lay the ball on for Wallace to tuck home.

Manager Waywell was disappointed with the result. "They were a poor side and had few ideas," he said.

"We should have won. We played some good stuff, but having to play makeshift strikers upset our play."

There is better news on the injury front for Waywell who expects to have strikers Tony Black and Brian Ross in action, with Neil Matthews and Dave Ridings available for Saturday's encounter with Colwyn Bay.

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