‘One of the best’: Lincoln City boss Michael Skubala lauds ‘dominant’ victory over Blackpool after rampant display
Blackpool fell to a 4-0 defeat over promotion-chasing Lincoln City on Saturday.
Michael Skubala has branded Lincoln City's 4-0 triumph over Blackpool as his side’s best performance of the season to date.
And the head coach lauded the Imps’ rampant second-half display after making key changes soon after the break.
Lincoln, who sit second one point off leaders Cardiff City, took the lead before the break through Conor McGrandles before a commanding second half display saw late goals from Rob Street, Dom Jeffries and Ryan One to round off the 4-0 display.
The defeat leaves Blackpool just one point above the relegation zone, while the Imps maintained their push to the Championship.
Lincoln boss hails ‘dominant’ victory over Blackpool
And Skubala hailed his side’s ‘dominant’ showing over the Seasiders - naming it ‘one of the best of the season’ so far.
He told BBC Radio Lincolnshire: ‘That just optimises the group, not just the 11. The second half where we were making changes and Dom Jeffries was absolutely magnificent when he came on and Ryan (One) and Alfie Lloyd.
‘We knew this would be a tough game, the first half was more about wrestling for control of the game. They had moments, you could see they had bits and we had bits but we couldn’t really get control.
‘At half-time we thought we could tweak a few things and we can get on top of them - and we did that second half. We looked dominant.
‘That second half was one of the best performances of the season. When you think about the goals we’ve scored and you think about the chances they’ve had - or limited chances they’ve had - I thought the backline again was magnificent.
‘What I really enjoyed was the young lads and the subs coming on today, they were great.
‘We have ways of doing it and we know when we suffocate teams and we can get into counter pressing and things we do very well, it’s very hard for teams to get out. It’s very hard for teams to play against us.
‘There might be 10 minutes, it might be 15 minutes where you can just feel goals coming, you just feel it.
‘Even in the first half when we scored, we had a passage of play that was very exciting and then in the second half you could see - as the second one went in - we were going to get more. And the lads went and got the job done.’
Lincoln boss on Blackpool’s quality
Despite the scoreline, Skubala was well-aware of the tough challenge which Blackpool presented after going into the contest following an important 2-2 draw with Bolton Wanderers,
And the Lincoln boss was pleased with the way his troops saw off Evatt’s men, who are packed with quality.
He added: ‘You look all over the pitch, it’s a good team.
‘They have really good individuals and you can see why they got a draw away at Bolton.
‘But for us to come and put four past them just shows the quality and the work rate from our group.’
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