Matt Taylor frustrated with Shrewsbury defending

Town pushed for an equaliser and despite throwing lots of men forward in the closing stages they could not find one - and Joe Garner added a second in injury time.

The Town boss said he felt there was not too much in the game, and their defending of set-plays was the difference.

He said: " We lost a game of set plays today so I think I should be standing here now saying we'd be pleased with a 0-0 draw because we didn't create a huge amount and I'm disappointed to concede a goal in the way that we did.

"I think it's an own goal, I've just had a look back at it there, so that's obviously really disappointing.

"I felt there wasn't a huge amount in the game for either team to be perfectly frank with you, but they've got the three points.

"It's difficult when you're chasing the game and you want to get back in it. Then, ultimately, we've conceded in the 95th minute when we're trying to get ourselves a goal."

It was a struggle for Town to create opportunities throughout the 90 minutes. Mal Benning went close for Town in the first half when he had two efforts with his left foot which both went narrowly wide.

Dan Udoh had an effort and Max Mata missed an chance in the final moment but Shrews failed to create a clear goal scoring chance.

And Matt Taylor has rued his side's play in the final third saying they needed to be braver.

He said: "I'm disappointed in the level of performance and I suppose the bravery we had on the ball because it probably wasn't as good as it has been. But we have to understand that we, as are a lot of teams in the league, are a new group.

"That's not an excuse. Today, I just felt that the levels we asked the players to get to with and without the ball, we didn't do that well enough.

"We concede the goal that loses us the game and we almost defeat ourselves because we don't do our jobs adequately and, at this level and at every level, set pieces are very important."