Joyce: "Their goals were errors from ourselves"

Stanley are now four league games without a win after their 4-2 defeat to Cheltenham, despite two second half goals from Terry Gornell and Phil Edwards.

Luke Joyce believes the Reds were victims of their own downfall.

“The most disappointing thing is that all their goals were errors from ourselves, it could have been prevented as they’ve not cut us open really and I think that’s really frustrating.”

Cheltenham shocked Stanley with two early goals scored by Brian Smikle and Jeff Goulding.

“The two early goals from them in the first half has really put us on the back foot, I think we did give it a go and we probably played the better football but we didn’t have that cutting edge in the final third” admitted Joyce.

Soon after half time, John Coleman’s men pulled a goal back as Gornell poked home from an unmarked position. Joyce believes this should have been the turning point in the match.

“We were pressing and putting all the pressure on, putting them on the back foot and we had all of the ball however the third goal has killed us.

“I think we had a chance straight after their third and if we had put that away, at 3-2 we’re back in the game again but it just didn’t happen.”

“I think they were alright”, Joyce admitted when asked about Cheltenham, “They knew we like to get the ball down and play football and pass it around and they played to this and played just as well but we’re still disappointed with the result.”