Midfielder Ryan Yates has recognised the importance of the Iron’s away clash at Charlton Athletic on Saturday.
With five League One games remaining, United are just one point behind the Addicks, who are in the last play-off spot.
Yates spoke to iFollow Iron about the fixture and looked back on last weekend’s match.
ON THE DRAW AT AFC WIMBLEDON…
RY: We were obviously delighted to get the equaliser but we just could not find that second goal. It was a little bit lacklustre I thought, especially after the Oxford game where we were brilliant. Their striker (Lyle Taylor) was a handful all game and we could not get to grips with that. They ended up getting an earlier goal, which was a little bit sloppy from our point of view. It was a bit stop-start. They were very direct and we couldn’t get the ball down and impose our style of play. A draw was probably a fair result.
ON THE CHARLTON MATCH…
RY: It is a massive game. They slipped up in midweek and if we can win on Saturday, it allows us to go above them in the play-offs hopefully. For me personally, that result has given me a bit more confidence because it showed that Wimbledon are a good team and we probably did well to get a point. If we want to get into the play-offs we need to be winning games against whoever we are playing.
ON THE RUN IN…
RY: I think it is going to come. We keep saying that because we are playing well and creating chances. We haven’t had a game in a while where we have not scored a goal. We have just got to keep going.
ON PLAYING ALONGSIDE NEAL BISHOP…
RY: He is a brilliant player. He is different to Funso (Ojo) and is extremely experienced. He knows what he is good at and he does the basics fantastically well. I am learning from him all of the time.
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