Wycombe Wanderers manager Matt Bloomfield has reflected on his side’s 1-0 defeat away at Exeter City.
A Sonny Cox goal midway through the second half confirmed the Chairboys’ 11th consecutive league game without a win, whilst the Grecians recorded their first victory in three months.
There was also drama in the final few seconds as Wanderers were awarded a penalty, but Luke Leahy’s spot-kick was saved by Viljami Sinisalo.
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The result means the Adams Park side are now just five points above the drop zone, with their run of 11 games without a league win being their joint-worst record since the 2020/21 season.
Speaking after the loss at St James Park, Bloomfield said: “I thought we were off it, to be honest.
“First half, I thought we were half a second away and we weren’t quite condensed in our shape.
“I thought we were a tad too open and ultimately, these little moments gathered momentum for Exeter.
“We corrected a few things at half-time and during the second half, I thought we looked a bit more of a threat.
“Their goal came at a time when I thought we were in the ascendancy as Killian had a chance, but today was very disappointing.
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“Kiran Sadlier had a goal disallowed, Dale Tayloe hit the bar and the penalty at the end.
“We haven’t been steamrolled over since the first two games of the season and we have improved, but we need to try and change this.
“We had that moment against Derby and we felt that was the springboard that we wanted to use, and the performance on Saturday [against Port Vale] was very good.”
He continued: “It’s extremely disappointing for the players and fans to go through a time like this, but we have to show that character to get out of it and I know we can.
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“We have been in every game during this run and not enough have gone in our favour.
“It’s very disappointing and we need to try and change the tide.”
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