Macclesfield put a dent in Chesterfield's play-off hopes by recording a 2-0 win at Moss Rose.

Sinclair and Mukendi on target in 2-0 success

Macclesfield put a dent in Chesterfield's play-off hopes by recording a 2-0 win at Moss Rose. The Shakers, who appointed manager Gary Simpson on a permanent contract in the week, took the lea in the 32nd minute when a wayward Lee Bell shot was converted at the far post by Emile Sinclair. Five minutes later 18-year-old 6ft 5in new boy Vinnie Mukendi scored his first goal in professional football when he poked home a Nat Brown cross. Macclesfield were then indebted to keeper Jon Brain who made a superb point-blank save to deny Jack Lester before he plucked a Martin Gritton header from underneath the crossbar. Chesterfield poured forward at the end but could not find a breakthrough with a deflected shot from Ishmael Demontegnac leaving Brain stranded but spinning inches past the upright. They thought they had found a way back into the game when a Jordan Bowery volley hit the post and appeared to creep over the line only for the Spireites' frantic protests to be waved away by referee Darren Sheldrake.