MK Dons triumph on trip to Morecambe

MK Dons picked up the three points after a 3-1 win over Morecambe in Lancashire.

Joe Tomlinson scored an early penalty to give the visitors the lead, which was doubled by Scott Hogan scoring his first for the club.

Jamie Stott pulled a goal back for the home side late in the first half, but Liam Kelly’s deflected strike just after the break restored a two goal advantage that MK Dons preserved all the way to the end of the match.

Seeking a response to defeat by leaders Port Vale last time out, MK Dons made a very quick start at the Mazuma Stadium as they won and scored a penalty inside the opening two minutes. Alex Gilbey was fouled by former MK Dons goalkeeper Stuart Moore, and from 12 yards, Tomlinson found the bottom corner.

Tom McGill kept out Adam Lewis’ chance for a quickfire equaliser, before MK Dons pressed as Hogan and Kelly both saw strikes fall just wide.

A second goal would fall MK Dons’ way in the 22nd minute. Hogan received Gilbey’s pass, darted into the box and although Moore saved his first strike, Hogan scored the rebound to mark his first start for MK Dons with a first goal for the club.

Moore was forced into stops to keep out Joe White and Gilbey, but it was Morecambe that scored the game’s next goal. In the final minutes of the first half, Ben Tollit’s cross picked out Stott, who duly found the back of the net.

However, MK Dons restored their two goal advantage in the opening five minutes of the second half. Kelly saw the ball fall his way and his strike took a deflection that sent it flying past Moore and in off the crossbar.

Morecambe’s hopes of a comeback were stunted by this, with the home side struggling to create chances and the result allowing MK Dons to pick up a second win with Scott Lindsey in charge.

MK Dons will look to build momentum when they host Accrington Stanley at Stadium MK on Tuesday night, before a trip to Grimsby Town next weekend.