Northampton Town 2-2 Dagenham & Redbridge

Northampton captain Ian Morris' second-half goal rescued a point for his struggling side against Dagenham.

Debutant Luke Norris put the Cobblers ahead from close range after Stuart Dallas returned a corner into the box.

Two Dagenham goals in the space of three minutes, the first a superb curling effort from Zavon Hines followed by Rhys Murphy's header, then turned the game on its head.

But Morris had the final say with a low drive after being released by Dallas.

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Northampton manager Aidy Boothroyd told BBC Radio Northampton:

"In the first 40 minutes, I thought we did really well. We played some good stuff and did exactly what I wanted.

"The goal from Hines is very, very good. We should have dealt with it earlier, though. With the second goal, we were feeling sorry for ourselves.

"We've enough senior players on the pitch to make sure that it stays at 1-0. But if they got everything right, they wouldn't be here.

"To go 2-1 down, to show the character and spirit to come back, we were brave. We scored a good goal. On another day, we could have had more goals."

Line-ups
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Line-ups

Northampton

Formation 4-3-3

1Duke
2Amankwaah
6CollinsBooked at 86mins
17DeeganSubstituted forDemontagnacat 72'minutesBooked at 90mins
27Kouo-Doumbe
18ReidBooked at 65mins
4Carter
8Morris
33NorrisSubstituted forToneyat 86'minutes
11Hackett
29DallasBooked at 54mins

Substitutes

7Demontagnac
12Tozer
19Emerton
21McNamara
24Toney
26Harriott

Dag & Red

Formation 4-3-3

1Lewington
4Doe
3Ilesanmi
17HowellBooked at 63mins
2Wilkinson
5Saah
8Ogogo
7ElitoSubstituted forObafemiat 89'minutes
14DicksonSubstituted forBinghamat 75'minutes
9Murphy
41Hines

Substitutes

6Bingham
10Scott
11Obafemi
15Saunders
16Dennis
26Connors
30Seabright

Referee:: Tony Harrington
Attendance:: 4,046

Match Stats

Home TeamNorthamptonAway TeamDag & Red

Possession: Home51%; Away49%

Shots: Home19; Away9

Shots on Target: Home5; Away3

Corners: Home6; Away3

Fouls: Home16; Away11

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Match ends, Northampton Town 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 2.
90'+5'
Full Time
Second Half ends, Northampton Town 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 2.

90'+3'
Booking
Ishmel Demontagnac (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
90'+3'
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Foul by Ishmel Demontagnac (Northampton Town).
90'+3'
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Abu Ogogo (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2'
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Foul by Lee Collins (Northampton Town).
90'+2'
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Zavon Hines (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick on the right wing.
89'
Substitution
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Afolabi Obafemi replaces Medy Elito.
87'
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Corner, Dagenham and Redbridge. Conceded by Lee Collins.
87'
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Attempt blocked. Medy Elito (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
86'
Substitution
Substitution, Northampton Town. Ivan Toney replaces Luke Norris.
86'
Booking
Lee Collins (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
86'
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Foul by Lee Collins (Northampton Town).
86'
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Zavon Hines (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick on the right wing.
79'
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Foul by Ian Morris (Northampton Town).
79'
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Luke Howell (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77'
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Attempt missed. Chris Hackett (Northampton Town) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
76'
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Kevin Amankwaah (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
76'
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Foul by Medy Elito (Dagenham and Redbridge).
76'
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Attempt missed. Stuart Dallas (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

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