It’s two points thrown away – Michael Flynn bemoans Salford’s last-gasp leveller

Posted Sunday, October 22, 2023 by PA

Michael Flynn was pleased with Swindon’s performance against Salford but viewed it as two points dropped.

Salford’s Ethan Ingram and Swindon’s Remeao Hutton were on target in the first 11 minutes.

Charlie Austin’s late penalty looked to be the winner, but substitute Liam Humbles had other ideas as he rescued a point deep into stoppage time.

The Robins have now dropped eight points from losing positions so far this season from the 80th minute onwards.

Flynn said: “It’s two points thrown away. Apart from the first 10 minutes of the game we’ve absolutely dominated, I thought we were excellent.

“We should have scored more and some poor decision-making towards the end has cost us the points.

“We’ve got to stop giving these points away and letting teams off the hook because we have come here and been really dominant. I’m gutted for the players but I’m also annoyed because they’ve got to learn to stop throwing points away.

“It’s happening too much now. Two at Wrexham, Morecambe, Crewe at home and here. It’s very frustrating because we are an unbelievable team, we do things right and that’s a tough one to take.

“We’ve just thrown away what would have been a very good away win at Salford. I love winning football matches but I hate throwing points away.

“But as long as we keep playing the way we’re playing, we’ll keep being positive.”

Salford have lost just one of their last five league matches.

It would have been two were it not for a late equaliser from Humbles.

Ammies head coach Neil Wood appreciated it was a tough game, but was pleased with how Salford came back after going 2-1 behind and down to 10 men after 86 minutes when Curtis Tilt was shown a red card.

Wood said: “The positive is we’ve managed to turn a defeat into a draw.

“I think we’ve seen it quite a lot. Even when results have been going against us when we’ve been losing by one goal we’ve always been on top of teams towards the end.

“Down to 10 men we did really well and started to get on top of the game. I’m really pleased with the last 10-15 minutes, I thought we were really good.

“We’ll always fight until the end. It’s part of what is required to play for this club and to play for me.

“We were 2-1 down to a penalty but great character from the lads. Good determination, good desire, but just the way we got on the ball and played, for me, the way we should be playing in the last 10-15 minutes, that’s what’s more important.”