Yeovil Town captain Jake Wannell admitted the team lost the physical battle as they were outgunned by an impressive Aldershot Town side at Huish Park on Tuesday night,
The 2-1 defeat pushes the Glovers down to 18th place in the National League Premier Division table, five points off the relegation places, as they failed to offer any attacking threat aside from a stunning first half goal from loanee Terrell Works.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Ian Randall after the game, Wannell said: “It was a tough night at the office for us, I think the boys looked a bit leggy because we’ve played the last two games with ten men for 30 minutes in each, but fair play to Aldershot they’ve done a job.
“We didn’t start the game very well at all and in the first 20 minutes couldn’t get out. Our decision-making was bad, too many turnovers but fair play to them though they’ve come out of the traps and we couldn’t deal with it.
“We have played a lot of games but they obviously played a lot of games as well, so I’m not going to put that as an excuse. We have had a game every three days at the minute and it doesn’t get any easier on Saturday with a trip to Carlisle away.”
The performance was a far cry from the impressive display which saw Yeovil win many plaudits after a 1-1 draw with league leaders Rochdale just three days earlier.
Wannell added: “Saturday was a bit more of a game like chess. Tonight was a bit more roll your sleeves up and just try and dig out a result, which we didn’t do. We’ll rest up tomorrow and then come with a plan for (the game at Carlisle United on) Saturday.“