Yates beaming with Cheltenham

Cheltenham manager Mark Yates was full of praise for his side following their 2-1 win at Cambridge.

Having endured an eight-match winless run the Robins have now earned two victories in succession. Matt Richards and Terry Gornell netted the goals which helped move Yates' side to within a point of the playoffs. "I thought we started brilliantly," he said. "We played a team that's been doing very well and battered a few big teams, and we made them change shape after 15 minutes because we were getting in and causing problems. "Credit to them, they got a stronghold back in the game. We asked for a big effort in the second half and we certainly got it. "I knew I'd picked the right team when I walked from the coach to the dressing room and it was blowing a gale, it is freezing, it's difficult conditions to play decent football in. "We had to dig in, we had to fight and we had to make a couple of last ditch tackles and Trevor (Carson) had to make a couple of saves, but the effort I got was magnificent. He also looked back on the closest Cambridge came to equalising, when Kwesi Appiah struck the woodwork in the last 15 minutes. "We looked pretty comfortable," he added. "Appiah has a great strike on him, we saw that on TV a couple of weeks ago. A little bit of luck was on our side then but our effort alone deserved it. We wanted a good week and we're two thirds of our way through a decent week." Richard Money reflected on the match, which brought to an end a three-game unbeaten run for his Cambridge side, and spoke on how the heavy wind conditions influenced the teams' style of play. "It's a disappointing result obviously, especially given I thought we did enough to get something out of the game," he said. "We missed a lot of chances and it's disappointing not to come off the pitch with something. "I think it's more difficult for the home team because you're the ones who have to force the game. It enables the away team to come and play very deep, play with a lot of bodies behind the ball and play on the counter attack. I think the conditions suit the away team more than the home team. "I thought from going a goal behind until half time we were excellent and very unlucky not to come in at half time in front. "The second goal makes life difficult, particularly as it means you've got something to hold on to, and a team that's already defending in numbers are defending more in numbers."