The U’s skipper was replaced by Peter Kioso at the break, as Sam Long moved inside to centre half and Kioso took up the right back slot.

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When asked about Moore post-game, United head coach Gary Rowett said: “He felt his groin at half-time. Shemmy [Przemyslaw Placheta] felt his hamstring, so thankfully I didn’t take Shemmy off.

“At one point, it was like ‘do we do two?’ knowing that we don’t want to lose Shemmy particularly.

“I think Elliott knew he would struggle to carry on, and I actually thought Peter Kioso coming on, he’s probably been a little bit frustrated like some of the players not being in the team, but he’s had a big smile on his face in the two games we’ve won.

“He’s been jumping around on the bench celebrating with the rest of the players, and that’s the sort of attitude for me that always gets rewarded.

“Then what you’ve got to do is come on and perform, and I thought he performed really well. One v one, he was excellent, and he showed a lot of composure coming into a tough game.

“At half-time, sometimes that’s really difficult, but I thought Longy going inside, and him there, I wondered whether that might leave us a little light aerially, but I thought we dealt with it really well.”