Gunning admits Swindon conceded 'two rubbish goals' in defeat at Newport County

Interim head coach Gavin Gunning admitted “bad habits” crept in during Swindon Town’s 2-1 defeat at Newport County, with “two rubbish goals” conceded.

Having taken the lead through Paul Glatzel just after half-time at Rodney Parade, Town were unable to see out the contest and fell to their 13^th league loss of the campaign.

Speaking to the club website after the reverse, Gunning said: “Don’t get me wrong, the performance was there.

“But the bad habits creep in a little bit and we concede two rubbish goals, which is not where we want to get to.

“But hopefully the people get a picture of where we can go going forward, and that’s obviously a lot better. The performance is key, I think.

“If we’d have performed rubbish and come away with a 2-1 defeat then you are kind of scratching your head.

“But to have a performance like that and then get the old suckerpunches in. We switch off from the corner which is criminal but it happens sometimes.

“The second goal, I think we just dropped too deep to be honest but it’s unfortunate.”

Town came close to opening the scoring when Dawson Devoy hit the post from a free-kick on the angle.

Just after the break, the visitors gained the advantage. A long ball over the top was latched on to by striker Glatzel, who applied a cool finish for his first goal in Swindon Town colours.

But Town were undone via a set-piece just seven minutes later. A neat short corner routine from County allowed Will Evans the opportunity to tap in his 20^th goal of the campaign.

And with 16 minutes remaining, the Exiles sealed their winner.

After Swindon failed to fully deal with a ball from deep, Seb Palmer-Houlden was played in and slotted into the bottom corner to make it 2-1.

Swindon are now 17^th in League Two. They host Salford City in their next league encounter at the County Ground on Saturday (3pm).

(Picture: Robert Noyes)