AUCHINLECK Talbot boss Tommy Sloan says his side "showed frailty" as they were beaten by Darvel on Saturday, February 1.
It was a first victory of the season for their East Ayrshire rivals who ran out 2-1 winners at Recreation Park.
The hosts led at the break with Leon Murphy striking the game's opening goal just before the 30 minute mark.
Despite having chances it took until the 71st minute for Talbot to draw level with Kyle McAvoy heading home.
However, it was the home side that won it late with Ross Barbour smashing the ball home to give bottom side Darvel their first WoSFL Premier Division victory of the season.
Speaking to the club's social media team after the match, Sloan described his side as "soft" as they fell to a late defeat.
He commented: “It’s disappointing, we dominated most of the match and we’ve come out and lost it late on.
“I thought we showed a bit of frailty late on. I didn’t feel they had enough of the game to warrant a couple of goals but they managed to do that.
“I don’t want to be too down, it’s a bad start to a big week.
"We’ll look to Wednesday now – and we need to want to keep the ball out the net a bit more, we were a bit soft towards the end.”
The Beechwood boss is now hoping for a quick turnaround as his side prepare to host Glenafton Athletic on Wednesday, February 5 with a 7.30pm kickoff.
He added: “We went in one down, they had one shot at goal more or less and their goalie had a few great saves.
“We weren’t too disheartened by that. We got back in the match and were the team in the ascendency.
“We wilted a wee bit late on, we were not strong enough defensively, we need to improve.
“We need to take it on the chin, move on, and try and be better on Wednesday.”
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