Luke Waterfall more satisfied with Shrewsbury clean sheet than crucial goal

Waterfall headed in Town’s second in the 2-0 win as Sam Ricketts’ side gave themselves a little bit of breathing room in the battle to stay in League One.

It was the former Lincoln defender’s sixth goal of the season.

“It’s always nice to chip in with a goal, but I was more delighted with the clean sheet,” he said.

“Getting the clean sheet gives us a platform to go and win games, so we were delighted with that. It’s a massive win and hopefully this will give us the momentum to go into the last games strongly.

“It’s always massive to get a clean sheet and the gaffer is massive on them. It’s a platform to build from and you only need to win the game 1-0 then.

“I’m pleased for Jonathan Mitchell too on his full debut. He did brilliantly with what he had to do.”

Fejiri Okenabirhie opened the scoring at Roots Hall before Waterfall doubled the advantage against the managerless Shrimpers.

“I was really pleased to get the second goal,” said Waterfall. “One-nil is always a funny score and the next goal is always massive.

“The second goal took the edge off the game. It’s a tough place to come and I thought we played better against Portsmouth last week if I’m being honest.

“This was a massive win – there is no hiding from that. We all knew how big of a game it was. Coming away with three points is brilliant.

“It was a great finish by Fejiri to get it started. There is no where else he could have put it.

“His chance was probably the only clear-cut chance of the game and he stuck it away.

“Going up 1-0 does make a massive difference, we all saw that last week. To grab a goal makes it all easier.”