Kennedy laments 'really poor errors' as Swindon Town fall to late defeat

Boss Mark Kennedy admitted Swindon Town “really let ourselves down” after falling to a late 2-1 defeat at home against Doncaster Rovers.

The visitors took the lead at the Nigel Eady County Ground when Joseph Olowu headed in at the far post from a corner in the 58^th minute.

Town got themselves back on level terms when Harry Smith slid in to meet Rosaire Longelo’s whipped delivery 15 minutes from time.

But Kennedy’s men failed to see out the contest as they suffered late heartbreak in stoppage time.

A handball in the box following another Doncaster corner resulted in the referee pointing to the penalty spot. Joe Ironside held his nerve from 12 yards to give Rovers all three points.

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Kennedy said: “I don’t think teams dominate us on set-pieces, I don’t think we struggle with that.

“All the goals you look at, they’re really poor errors and the flip side of that is we’ve conceded five set pieces this year and we’ve scored five - we’re actually very good.

“We seem to be very good in one end and through lapses of perhaps concentration, we’ve really let ourselves down today.

“It’s simply down to individual ownership, but we’re all human beings and we’re not robots, let’s be clear about that.”

Defeat left the Robins 21^st in League Two, three points above the bottom two in the division.

“I’m bitterly disappointed. I thought the least we deserved was a draw, that was a real tough one to take,” said the head coach.

“I think in my experience of playing games, normally games where we’ve been beaten, the opposition deserve to win.

“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see what’s cost us the game today but there’s huge positives.”

Swindon make the trip to take on Salford on Tuesday (7.45pm).

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