The hosts led when an incisive counter-attack saw Nugent race on to a glorious first-time Gelson Fernandes pass and slot home past keeper Frank Fielding.

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"It does seem sort of counter-intuitive, " said Dr. Proudman, who is also a race course adviser at Aintree.

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