Boss Andy Crosby needs Port Vale to “demand extra of one another” after his aspect misplaced 2-1 to Shrewsbury to stay with no league win in over two months.
Max Mata and Dan Udoh helped Shrewsbury return to profitable methods, with Ben Garrity pulling a purpose again.
The Valiants’ final victory within the league was in the midst of September, beating Northampton 1-0 at dwelling, and it’s now 10 video games with no win.
After securing their place within the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup and the second spherical of the FA Cup, Crosby needs their cup kind to translate into the league.
He mentioned: “We’re speaking about one other efficiency with management of the ball, domination of the ball, stepping into actually good areas of the pitch, variety of pictures, however we should be extra resilient as a gaggle.
“We’ve got to demand extra of one another as a gaggle as a result of we did numerous preparation coming into the sport on how they might damage us and it could in all probability be a direct ball or a counter assault or set play.
“We go in 1-0 down at half-time and we re-emphasised that time that their subsequent purpose from how they performed first half can be from a kind of causes.
“We get punished three minutes into the second half, which is actually disappointing.
“I believed the response was good; we continued to dominate the ball and we created alternatives from set performs and had numerous pictures and pictures blocked.
“We labored there keeper however on the finish of the day we’ve got misplaced one other sport and it has been the same sport to what we had beforehand on this run of video games.”
Shrewsbury boss Matt Taylor was happy with the response of his gamers.
He mentioned: “Each end result we’ve got had this season, I’d argue, has been hard-earned.
“It feels actually candy. I questioned the gamers very actually and brazenly throughout the week and what they’ve carried out is what they’ve carried out just lately at dwelling lots and located a method to win a sport of soccer.
“If I take a look at the facets of the sport when it comes to did we hold the ball properly sufficient, no, however we defended our field other than that one set play rather well.
“Unbelievable end result at dwelling. I used to be over the moon for Max Mata to get his purpose which was lengthy overdue.
“Hopefully now what that does is give him the chance to kick on and get extra objectives and do what he was dropped at the membership for. I believed he was actually good.
“Dan Udoh, an unbelievable particular person purpose. He has carried out that now this season two or thrice, so he was actually happy to get the win.
“All credit score to Port Vale, they are going to be dissatisfied they haven’t acquired something from the sport from the quantity of probabilities they’ve had.”
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