Jon Taylor upbeat despite Shrewsbury Town loss

Town contained the division's second-placed side for much of the afternoon, and gave them some uncomfortable moments, before eventually succumbing to a sublime solo goal from substitute Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.

And with mid-table Colchester United set to visit the Greenhous Meadow tomorrow evening Taylor said the team must take heart from their overall display on Saturday against one of the division's best teams.

He said: "We knew how good they were and we had been working in training to defend how they play.

"They play a different shape to what we are used to but I thought on the whole we all played well and did what we should have done, although the result doesn't show that

"It took an unbelievable goal to lose the game, but we had chances as well and in the end we were attacking more.

"We have got to look at the positives. It is gutting to lose the game but we need to look forward to the game tomorrow and get three points at home."

Manager Graham Turner was critical of his side's lack of belief in the attacking third and Taylor said the players would be working hard to improve their shooting after failing to work Peterborough goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik enough.

He said: "We tried to attack and create chances, and I think we did, but our shooting needs to be better and more clinical.

"We played some good stuff, but shooting is definitely something we will be working on in training."

But he was encouraged by the way the team defended against their highly-rated opponents, who have now won 10 of their opening 12 league games.

He said: "They didn't cause us many problems and we defended really well as a team. They had loads of long-range shots but none that troubled Chris Weale except for the goal which was unbelievable. You can't really stop that."