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Daryl McMahon could not have praised his Macclesfield side more highly after they held Salford to a draw.

Financially-plagued Macclesfield, without a win since mid-October, were the subject of a stalled takeover this week from businessman Joe Sealey.

The threat of a strike for their game against Mansfield Town last weekend was averted when the majority of the players' outstanding salaries were settled.

Macclesfield boss McMahon said: "In times like these, you see people' s true characters and we have shown we have good characters in our dressing room.

"Morale might be low off the pitch, but it is really high among the group, and we beliave in ourselves and what we are doing.

"I thought our performance was really good, especially defensively and the way we set ourselves up.

"We had a game plan to come here and hit Salford on the counter attack, which I thought we did on numerous occasions."

The Silkmen twice went close in the opening stages, through David Fiztpatrick and Connor Kirby, before Salford sprang into life midway through the first half. Ibou Touray played in Adam Rooney, but the Irish striker flicked the ball on to the roof of the net.

Minutes later, Jake Jervis' free-kick found Nathan Pond, but the centre-half saw his effort go wide of the post.

Macclesfield, who have recorded just two goals in their last five league games, came closest to breaking the deadlock when Jak McCourt launched a thunderbolt, only for Salford goalkeeper Chris Neal to make a good save to his left.

The Ammies twice nearly took the lead as full-time approached whe Lois Maynard headed the ball on to the post, before Danny Lloyd`s volley was parried wide by Silkmen goalkeeper Owen Evans.

Salford manager Graham Alexander said: "It was difficult to break Macclesfield down, especially in the first-half when they played with a back five and a compact midfield with a single striker.

"We looked a couple of things at half-time to try an change it around.

"We upped again in second-half and for the last 25, 30 minutes it was one-way traffic."