Scott Lindsey left disappointed by MK Dons in AFC Wimbledon FA Cup defeat

MK Dons Head Coach Scott Lindsey said he was left annoyed and disappointed by two defensive lapses that lead to the team losing 2-0 to AFC Wimbledon.

The Dons boss ruminated after goals by Matty Stevens and Omar Bugiel either side of half-time decided the game in the visitors’ favour and saw MK Dons knocked out of the FA Cup.

Lindsey said a failure to two defend the two moments were the things that took the game out of their hands.

He said, “It wasn’t what we wanted. We didn’t defend two moments well enough which consequently ended up killing the momentum of the game. We were ok in the first half in my opinion – I think we were in the game, playing really well and were the better side without creating loads, then we can’t defend one straight ball down our throats. We don’t deal well with the first phase, second phase, third phase and they get in far too easy.

“The timing makes it so much worse than it needs to be because it’s a minute before half-time so we gather the troops at half-time, speak about one or two things, then go out and concede straight away after the second half starts. The timing of the goals were terrible and the manner in which we concede is terrible. We get a man sent off with about 25 minutes to go and then the game’s out of sight.”

Speaking further, he said, “We didn’t react to it. I thought the best part of the game was before they scored their first goal. For 44 minutes or whatever it is, we were the better team, although we don’t create loads, which we spoke about. We have to be able to defend moments, especially coming into half-time, better than we did, and then straight after the second half, we concede again. The timing of the goals is terrible and I’m just disappointed, obviously.”

The flow of the game also saw Lindsey consider that the team needed to click more and that this was part of greater work he felt he needed to do.

He said, “We’re League Two, right? We’re going to defend against direct balls all the time and in nearly every game. If we can’t do that better, we’re not going to get to where we need to get to. It’s my fault and I need to do more with them.”