Gillingham 1 Salford 0: Reaction from manager Mark Bonner after League 2 victory at Priestfield

Gillingham manager Mark Bonner was delighted with the commitment levels from his players as they claimed maximum points on Saturday.

Jayden Clarke scored the crucial goal in a 1-0 win, with his strike coming early in the second half.

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In tough weather conditions, and following back-to-back defeats where they faced pointed criticism from fans and their own manager, it was a test of character for the Gills.

Bonner said: “It was always going to be a really tough game. Maybe because of the moment we were in a little bit. Also, the conditions obviously were not great.

“It was a hard game to be full flow in and everything else. We tried to make ourselves a really competitive, stubborn team.

“The way we played isn't necessarily entertaining and isn't all guns blazing, go and chase everything. We had a way in which we wanted to try and set the game up.

“We changed the shape, we made loads of changes to the starting team and the squad overall and needed some reaction from Wednesday, which we got.

“I really liked the commitment of the team and when you've got 26 games left, or whatever it is, I think you just look at that and say ‘that is your minimum level that you expect to see’ and the players know that. It's a good reminder to them and to us and to everybody else.

“We come out of the game with a really important result on a day against a team that are going very well, where we're very up and down and having some horrible moments and under the cosh a little bit.

“We take three points from a really committed performance and over the last four games we've been really up and down, but we've taken two wins from four now and while we're trying to work out and work through the period that we're in,