Steve Phillips pulled off two brilliant spot-kick stops to halt high-flying Chestefield in their tracks. Phillips denied Davide Somma and Wade Small in the first 22 minutes.

Crewe surged 2-0 up through Clayton Donaldson and Ashley Westwood.

- The Sun

Dario Gradi handed the credit for Crewe's morale-boosting win at Chesterfield last night to Steve Phillips after the loan keeper made two first-half penalty saves.

Phillips kept out first-half kicks from loan striker Davide Somma and Wade Small. And Crewe soon capitalised with goals from Clayton Donaldson and Ashley Westwood - the youngster's first senior effort - putting them in command at the interval.

- The Sentinel