Bulls trail to 10-man Imps

3:56pm Monday 24th March 2008

DANNY N'Guessan's 31st minute goal gave Lincoln City the advantage at half-time at Sincil Bank.

And this despite the home side having had skipper Scott Kerr sent off a minute earlier.

Hereford made the more promising start and Dean Beckwith forced an early save from a Clint Easton free-kick.

The Bulls continued to apply pressure but found it difficult to test Alan Marriott in the home goal.

The keeper did have to come out well in the 11th minute, however, to save at the feet of Gary Hooper.

Then Hooper had another opening after a blunder by Nat Brown presented the chance but he hooked his effort over.

Lincoln then came back into the game and a low shot by Jamie Forrester was well saved by Wayne Brown before the game boiled up on 30 minutes.

Kerr went in with his studs showing as he challenged Clint Easton and was shown a straight red card.

But the home side, instead of collapsing, the home side opened the scoring.

The Imps broke out from Simon Johnson's free-kick and Dany N'Guessan angled a shot past Brown.

Hereford should have levelled on 35 minutes when Easton's free-kick picked out Hooper at the far post but the on-loan striker only succeeded in prodding the ball wide.

Then, a shot from Richard Rose took a deflection on the way through but Marriott still pulled off a diving save.

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