Disappointment was the overriding emotion for Leyton Orient manager Richie Wellens despite his side scoring a stoppage-time equaliser to draw 2-2 with 10-man Northampton on Tuesday.
“We started really poorly and for six or seven minutes we couldn’t get out,” said Wellens. “We gave too many set-pieces away but I thought we dominated the next 25 minutes.
“We scored a great team goal and we were on top and I’d be surprised if their goalkeeper wasn’t man of the match, but we have a mad five minutes.
“Players make mistakes and you have to ride with it but Northampton’s first goal comes from our corner and then it’s a horrible deflection past our goalkeeper. We then give away a stupid penalty and within four minutes the game has turned around, but when they went down to 10 men, we totally dominated the game.
“Our decision-making needs to be better in terms of our final pass and our movement. I’m really disappointed because I felt we deserved to win the game but a whacky five minutes has cost us. We need to score more goals and take our chances if we want to get to where we want to be.”
