Mat Sadler has his say after Walsall win at Morecambe

Morecambe defender Rhys Williams was shown a straight red card for hauling down Jamie Jellis five minutes after the restart and Taylor Allen crashed a spectacular effort in off the post from the resulting free-kick. 

Jellis doubled Walsall's advantage with an unerring finish from the edge of the box three minutes from time and Sadler felt his side controlled the game throughout the contest.

He said: "It was a professional performance. I thought from start to finish it was barring maybe a five-minute spell towards the end of the first half, we completely controlled the game. 

"It's a terrible pitch. I don't know why the lawnmower is on the pitch now because there's no grass on there. (That affects) both teams of course but it was really difficult to get any real football into the game. 

"We handled that really well. It was pivotal after the sending off, we scored straightaway. Talk about that double jeopardy, it made it that for them, and that was important for us because on the pitch it's really difficult to build anything. 

"Very pleased with that and it was a fantastic finish from Taylor. The determination and desire to throw bodies on the line and give everything for the cause was evident for everyone to see. 

"I'm particularly pleased with the clean sheet because that lads had to really dig in there for that."

Walsall's past two games have heralded five different goal scorers with Allen moving on to six for the campaign and Jellis extending his total to seven in all competitions. 

The Saddlers are still comfortably the leading scorers in the division with a supreme tally of 61 and Sadler says it is crucial that multiple players continue to keep chipping in on the goal scoring front.

"Last week it was all three strikers, this week it was from different areas and that's how it's going to have to be," he continued.

"To find those goals from different areas at different times. Set plays, open play, we have to do that and we have to keep doing that." 

Tensions boiled over on the touchline during the latter stages after Morecambe boss Derek Adams confronted Liam Gordon as he made his way off the pitch. 

Sadler chose not to shake his hand after the final whistle as a melee broke out between both sets of teams on the pitch. 

But the Walsall boss insists there is no bad blood with his counterpart in the dugout and wished them well for the rest of the campaign.

"I don't really get involved with too much of that. I get it, it's an emotional game. We're on one side of it and they're on the other side of it," he added.

"Everyone's emotions get high. I don't think there was anything too much in it. It certainly wasn't from our side of things and I wish them well. 

"Derek is an incredible manager with the career he has had and is having speaks for itself. So there is certainly no animosity involved."