Forest Green are the first side this season to complete a league double over Andy Morrell’s side, but even so the Wrexham boss was satisfied with the performance.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Morrell said: “I think we’ve done alright today, we’ve played alright and created a few chances and then we get hit with a sucker punch right at the end.”The Dragons were on course for a 16th home win of the season when they took a first half lead thanks to Jake Speight’s 17th league goal of the campaign.
However, the visitors restored parity just past the hour mark through Matt Taylor, who incidentally scored the winning goal in the reserve fixture at the start of the year.Incredibly, with Wrexham pushing for a winner in the dying moments, Forest Green completed the turnaround when James Norwood pounced, to condemn the hosts to a first home defeat since September.
Morrell bemoaned his side’s sloppiness during a frantic second half which could prove pivotal in the title race.He continued: “Second half we were especially sloppy, I thought the first half we were good got in their faces and got the goal and could have perhaps scored again. Second half we took our foot of the gas and we get hit with two horrendous goals.”
With eight games remaining the Dragons hopes of making an automatic return to the Football League much depend on next month’s visit to Highbury when they face leaders Fleetwood.
Morrell has refused to give up on the title, but admits that Wrexham will probably need to win each of their outstanding games to have a chance of overhauling the Cod Army.He added: “There’s a lot of Football to be played, we will give it a go; Football has surprised a few people in its time. We’ve got to win eight and see where it takes us, if we win all of them then that’s fantastic and if it’s not then we go into the playoffs.”
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