BURTON Abion boss Mark Robinson believes there was plenty to admire in his side’s performance at Wanderers, despite a defeat which leaves them anchored to the foot of League One.
The Brewers are the only team in the division yet to win a game but Robinson feels a change of luck is on the cards if they can tighten up on the errors which helped Bolton go 2-0 up in the second half.
Mason Bennett missed a gilt-edged opportunity before the break which could have given Burton a foothold, and Danilo Orsi did bring them quickly back into the game at 2-1 with 24 minutes left to go.
“It was probably the least control we have had in a game, but we dug in, especially the first 10-15 minutes and showed that resilience,” Robinson said.
“We weathered that spell and had some moments. It was a very tight game after that.
“A lot of their better moments came from us turning the ball over too cheaply.
“But just one moment cost us (first goal) and it is difficult because you don’t work on that on the training ground.
“You have got to stay switched on against good players and we didn’t stay switched on. To concede the second one straight away made it harder.
“But I admired how the boys came straight back in it."
Wanderers had dominated in the first half an hour but Mason Bennett missed a chance from point blank range to give his side a lead.
“You have to stay positive and make your own luck. It affected ‘Mase’ for a little while,” Robinson said. “He arrived there but couldn’t sort his feet out and the ball ends up going away from goal instead of in it.”
Burton have games against fellow strugglers Cambridge and Crawley on the horizon and Robinson believes the team, which brought in 24 new players over the summer and are now playing a completely different style to the one they did last season, will turn a corner.
“We have to find a way,” he said. “We have to mix the resilience we had today, not make the errors. We are not getting carved open because of the style of play. In every game it is moments and we have to work hard to put those moments in our favour.”
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