MK Dons 3-1 Crewe Alexandra - Dons claim victory over promotion rivals

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MK Dons take on promotion rivals Crewe Alexandra at Stadium MK this afternoon

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That's all she wrote!

No goals added in the second-half, but their job was wrapped up at half-time.

Kemp was swiped at the end there as he looked to run the ball and clock out, he's getting treatment at the whistle

90+4 mins: Off target

Leigh takes aim but bends it well wide

90+3 mins: Crewe free-kick on the edge

Dangerous area for a free-kick for the visitors, Cam Norman guilty of the foul

Five minutes to be added on

88 mins: Crewe with another swap

Charlie Kirk comes on at the end here, replacing Ed Turns

85 mins: Kemp on the turn

Tomlinson's ball is asking a lot of Kemp as he tries to nip in ahead of Zak Williams but he scuffs the shot

83 mins: Gilbey denied again

Ellis Harrison pinches the ball, gets into the box and pulls it back for Gilbey who takes aim just inside the box which Booth saves well.

Kemp hasn't had a clear-cut effort yet but he's so close with all of these at the moment

81 mins: End-to-end

Crewe ride out that spell and race up the other end but after some ping-pong in the box, Dons eventually hack it clear.

Cooney makes way for Crewe as they replace him with Lewis Leigh

79 mins: Another great save

Having just made a top-drawer save to keep out, Booth is at again, denying Lofthouse this time from the edge of the box

79 mins: Gilbey denied

Good save from Booth to deny Gilbey after Dons pinch the ball 20 yards out. He had Kemp and Harrison for company but the skipper opted to go it himself

76 mins: Kelly saves again

End-to-end stuff, Bate sparks a counter but Gilbey's loose touch allows Crewe to attack again, Nevitt gets a shot off which Kelly denies

71 mins: Double change for Dons

Ellis Harrison and Cameron Norman are ready to come on here for Dons as Tomlinson and Cooney are booked for a bit of a scuffle on the sidelines.

Matt Dennis will be replaced here by Harrison, while Payne will come off for Norman

70 mins: Kemp booked

A late one from the substitute, Kemp goes into the book

69 mins: Kelly denies Cooney again

Great ball into the far post from Crewe, it's over the head of Tomlinson, Cooney gets on the end of it but fires it straight at Kelly who saves with his legs

67 mins: Payne from range again

Good break from Lofthouse up the right, exchanges passes with Gilbey before pulling it out to Payne about 35 yards out, he takes aim but it skids through to Booth

63 mins: Goal-scorer makes way

As Matt Dennis gets treatment, Stephen Wearne comes off here and is replaced by Dan Kemp

62 mins: Bate booked

After Lofthouse and Tomlinson get in each other's way there as Lofthouse looked to shoot, Crewe could break but Bate makes the foul 10 yards inside the Crewe half

59 mins: Crewe have it in the net

It was always asking a lot to see that one stand as a Crewe shot is deflected up into the air off O'Hora, Kelly comes to claim and is bundled over by Nevitt before it's prodded home, but the referee rules it out

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