Walsall match-winner Nathan Lowe praised for elite mentality after AFC Wimbledon victory
Mat Sadler has praised Walsall match-winner Nathan Lowe for his elite "mentality" following their 1-0 win over AFC Wimbledon at Plough Lane.
Lowe scored the decisive goal seven minutes after the restart to increase his tally to 11 goals across all competitions and eight in the league.
The teenager outfoxed his marker at the back post to bundle home David Okagbue's low cross to help Walsall climb back into second spot.
Sadler said: "Everyone talks about the best and I'm glad he's talking about the mentality of some of the best because that's what makes them the best.
"Nathan is experiencing something in league football that he's never experienced before and that's what it's all about.
"He's taken to it very impressively but he knows, he's got an incredible family support him, and he knows that it doesn't stop.
"The whole thing keeps on going. We enjoy the next few hours in terms of being happy that we won but it all starts again tomorrow."
That propelled him to joint-second in the race for the League Two golden boot and to within just one goal of leading scorer Andy Cook.
Sadler admitted Lowe will have his eye on his goal record but feels it's his team ethic which has been instrumental to his success at Bescot.
"He'll be hungrier to try and chase wins though. He's that kind of kid. Any striker has to have that selfish streak, I recognise that.
"The main thing that springs to my mind. He's not that way inclined, when he set-up Jack Earing for the fourth goal against Colchester. That tells you everything you need to know about Nathan.
"He's a selfless lad who just does what he can for the team. I'm pretty sure in his short career so far that he won't have experienced what he did today in terms of that blood and thunder that game was."
Walsall have collected 14 points from eight games on the road this term, which is just nine shy of their tally on the road throughout the whole of last season.
Their latest success extended their unbeaten away run to five games but Sadler insists the hard work doesn't stop.
"That's the whole team. It doesn't stop, nothing stops with that. We're just a group that wants to work hard for each other and that's always such an important starting point for any team.
"We're very fortunate we've got a good squad of players where people can come in at different times. Long may that continue."
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