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Mathias Ross' fifth goal of the season was the difference on Tuesday night [Shutterstock] Plymouth Argyle boss Tom Cleverley says he is impressed with the defensive partnership building up between Alex Mitchell and Mathias Ross. Ross got the only goal in the 1-0 win over Stevenage on Tuesday. The win kept Argyle in 10th place in League One, with the Pilgrims now just two points off the play-off places.
"I think that's been 10, 12 games now," Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon. "Him and Alex are getting a real good partnership together. "That always helps in a team where if I'm playing with the same midfielder, we know our strengths, weaknesses, we know what a lot of our habits are, then you start to understand each other and perform even better for that connection.
"They've got that and I thought Mathias, in the two of them, was outstanding and his consistency for the last 10-12 games is really helping us. " Cleverley admitted his side were lucky to keep Mitchell on the field. The 24-year-old was booked for pulling back Dan Kemp when the Stevenage midfielder was running through on goal late in the first half, but on another day could have been sent off.
"It's one of those that could have gone both ways," said Cleverley. "I'll always sit up here and be absolutely honest and I thought we diced with death a little bit there. "I think Alex (Revell, Stevenage manager) and the guys have got every right to be a little bit frustrated, and then I thought for that decision that was in the balance, the scales got tipped the other way then in the second half - it felt like they were getting a lot.
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