Cheltenham Town manager Michael Flynn felt that his team had “shot themselves in the foot” as Swindon Town came back to draw 3-3.
Flynn was managing his first game at the Nigel Eady County Ground since his departure in January of last season and had his team in a commanding 3-1 lead early in the second half before a red card and a penalty saw it slip away.
Speaking to BBC Radio Gloucestershire after the match, the former Swindon manager said that ultimately his team had been responsible for their own downfall.
He said: “We have shot ourselves in the foot a little bit with the penalty and the second yellow card.
“At that point, I thought that we were in control and looking very good for the three points.
“We have given them an opportunity to get back into it and Ian [Holloway] has got them in a very confident mood, believing, and playing with a smile on their faces.
“It was a battle and I am glad that we have come away with something.
“If you would have offered me four points at the start of the week with Wimbledon and Swindon away then I would have taken it. The frustrating part is when you are 3-1 up and looking comfortable.
“[Tom Bradbury] has apologised, I am disappointed but I am not going to throw him under the bus.
“As I have just explained to him, I would rather he let him [Harry Smith] go, he gets a free header and makes it 3-2 as then we have still got 11 men. A moment of madness has cost us.”
Flynn added that he was pleased with his players being able to get anything from the match, even if they were on course to get a win.
He said: “We were doing really well and limiting them, although we were a little bit deep in the first half.
“I can’t fault their [the Cheltenham players’] effort and their togetherness, that was some team spirit when we dug in at the end and managed to get something out of the game.
“This is a tough place to come, they have got a very good group of players; Harry Smith is a handful and I think he would be a handful in any league.
“He is so aggressive and effective in the air and that makes it difficult to mark, he is a throwback as a centre forward.”
