Yeovil Town boss Mark Cooper said three “soft goals” cost his side as they went down to a 3-1 defeat at Gateshead on Saturday.
The Glovers found themselves 2-0 down inside 20 minutes through an own goal from defender Jordan Thomas followed quickly by another from hosts’ full-back Brandon Haunstrup, who was on trial at Huish Park this summer.
Striker Aaron Jarvis pulled one back on the half-hour mark and the visitors’ almost levelled when Morgan Williams’ header came back off the post, but they got not find another breakthrough.
Speaking to our man Ben Barrett after the game, Cooper said: “I didn’t think we deserved to lose the game, I thought we were well in it and we deserved at least a point- but, to do that, you have to have more big moments than they do.
”I thought it was a good game of football, we conceded some really soft goals. The first one we didn’t stay with the runner, the ball is going wide and we put it in our own goal, then the second we gave the ball away in our own area and after that we are in the game. We score a goal, hit the post through Morgan Williams and we think the ball goes in and we have loads of play around their penalty area, but we did not produce enough quality to get that equaliser.”
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He added: “I thought we started brilliantly, Sam Pearson got in the box and should score, and for those first five or ten minutes we were really good but their goal changes things. Then we go 2-0 down and you have to roll the dice and I thought we did that and we were well in the game right until the end.
“But, we gave them three goals today and they do not need any help because they are a very good team. I thought we matched them today and I think Rob (Elliot, the Gateshead manager) will say it was an even game of football.”