Colchester United player ratings after Tranmere Rovers win

Goals from Joe Taylor and Bradley Ihionvien sealed a dominant victory for Ben Garner's side, who moved up to 20th in the League Two table with the three points.

Here are the Gazette player ratings, after their convincing victory at the JobServe Community Stadium.

OWEN GOODMAN 8

U’s keeper pulled off a good stop to deny Pike and looked assured with his handling and kicking

MANDELA EGBO 8

Made some important blocks especially in his own area and was tough in the tackle as one of three centre-backs

ZACH MITCHELL 9

Looked extremely assured and comfortable on his U’s debut and calm in possession

CONNOR HALL 8

Colchester skipper was dominant in the air and was tidy in possession at the back. Booked

AL-AMIN KAZEEM 8

U’s academy product seemed to relish his battle with the lively Pike on his first start of the season

ARTHUR READ 9

Another excellent performance; supplied a superb assist for Taylor before going off late on due to injury

CAMERON MCGEEHAN 8

Settled in nicely on his debut; looked comfortable in a central midfield role and an attacking threat, too

NOAH CHILVERS 8

Pulled the strings in midfield and was not afraid to battle for possession when required

JAYDEN FEVRIER 9

U’s man of the match. Created chance after chance for his side and showed some brilliant skill

JOE TAYLOR 9

Took his goal extremely well and gave the Tranmere defence a tough time of it

SAMSON TOVIDE 8

Worked extremely hard throughout and was unfortunate not to score after going close a number of times. Booked

SUBSTITUTES

JAY MINGI (for McGeehan, 57) 7

Made a positive impression on his Colchester debut and almost marked it with a goal

MAURO BANDEIRA (for Read, 72) 7

On-loan Arsenal playmaker was tidy in possession after coming on in midfield

WILL GREENIDGE (for Kazeem, 83)

BRADLEY IHIONVIEN (for Taylor, 83)

JOHN AKINDE (for Tovide, 83)

Subs (not used): Thomas, Smith.