Everything went against Shrewsbury in Barnsley defeat says boss Matt Taylor

But the game was not without incidents, as Simon Mather harshly awarded a penalty to the hosts after it struck Carl Winchester on the arm from close range - and Barnsley took the lead from it.

He then failed to award Town one for a foul on Mal Benning and the Tykes went straight up the other end and doubled their lead.

The boss was clearly frustrated by the officiating on the night.

He said: "They've scored from a penalty which in my opinion and I would say that of all the people here tonight supporting us, wasn't a penalty.

"I don't quite understand or know what you're meant to do when your arm is by your side and the ball is smashed at you from five yards away. I'm at a loss as to what you're meant to do with that.

"And if the ball does hit your hand, how are you meant to get your arm out of the way, even if it is inside your body?

"So I'm quite surprised at that.

"After what I felt was a good start, we concede that penalty and then we don't get a penalty - which I'm amazed with - and what happens, they score on the counter-attack.

"Everything in terms of the decisions tonight went against us. Was that the reason we lost the game? No, we lost the game because when we had really good opportunities, especially in the second half, we didn't take them."

Devante Cole added a third for the hosts and to make matters worse Jason Sraha limped off in the closing stages.,

But the boss said he 'thinks' and 'hopes' Sraha coming off was just precautionary.

He said: "You ask me this every week and I come and see you guys after speaking to the players.

"Jason has an ice pack on it and I think and hope it is more precautionary than anything else.

"Since he has got in the team he has been really consistent.

"Again we probably will not know the extent of that until I see you guys on Thursday ahead of Saturday's game."