Peter Cklamovski urges Salford to stay humble after resounding win at Oldham

The Ammies, who lost their first three league games, are on a fine run of form with 13 points from a possible 15 to climb into the play-off places.

First-half goals from Luke Molyneux and Kelly N’mai were followed by two more in the second period from Brendan Wiredu and substitute Adebola Oluwo as Salford made it five straight wins against Latics.

Cklamovski said: “It was a strong performance and a richly deserved victory with some good team goals which we work on the training pitch.

“It is all credit to the players for their commitment, discipline and belief in the way we perform.

“It is another step in the right direction in terms of where we want to build our football.”

The Australian, who became manager in the summer, is striving for Salford to become even better.

He said: “There were some lessons we can take from the first half from leaving the door open for our opponent.

“There was a little bit of chaos in the last 10 minutes of the first half when the referee lost his way, but half-time came at a good time to regroup. And the response from the players was good and set the game up for us to win in the second half.

“It is always a process of evolution to get better – we have plenty of things to improve in all aspects of our game – but we will stay humble.”

Cklamovski was referring to when referee Isaac Searle signalled four added minutes at the end of the opening half but blew the whistle after three.

It was pointed out by a member of the Oldham coaching staff that he had made a blunder and he was forced to beckon the players back on to complete the time.

It was a disappointing afternoon for Oldham, who slipped to 20th place after a fourth straight league loss.

Fans called for manager Micky Mellon’s sacking at one stage and many streamed away from the ground long before the end, with their only goal coming from Calum Kavanagh when Latics trailed 2-0..

Mellon said: “We gave cheap goals away and you cannot defend like that against teams of that quality who do not make the mistakes we did.

“We should have had a penalty – it would have been a free-kick anywhere else on the pitch – and that would have made it 2-2. We didn’t get that which was a game changer.

“But that does not get away from the point you cannot give away cheap goals – they did not have to show their quality to get them.

“I am gutted because I expected a better show than that.”