MK Dons 1-2 Wolves: Karl Robinson and Kenny Jackett reaction
Tuesday 5 April 2016 23:37, UK
MK Dons manager Karl Robinson admitted his side deserved nothing out of the game after a 2-1 home defeat to Wolves pushed them closer to relegation.
With six games of the season left, the Dons are six points adrift of safety after meekly surrendering a 1-0 lead and a return to League One after just one season is looking likely.
Robinson said: "We weren't good enough, that was a very poor 60 minutes of football - after the first half-hour I thought we stopped pressing properly, our mind-set was poor, we looked nervous and we've got nobody to blame but ourselves.
"Today I have no protection and I have to accept the punishment that comes our way.
"For some unknown reason, we came out in the second half and we stopped playing, we just stopped passing the ball and we looked to eradicate pressure by kicking the ball long.
"When you don't win the second ball it keeps you penned in a little bit deeper.
"My biggest disappointment is that some people aren't learning lessons at this level. I'm not going to say who or where - we're asking people to do certain things and we're not learning our lesson.
"There's only so long I can persevere with that and I might be too late."
It had started so promisingly for MK Dons, as they took the lead after just six minutes when Kortney Hause turned Carl Baker's cross into his own net.
But two goals in five minutes won the game for Wolves in the second half as George Saville headed in a cross from James Henry, who then set up Jack Price for the winner.
Wolves manager Kenny Jackett was not happy with a challenge from Antony Kay on Michal Zyro towards the end of the first half.
He said: "I felt it was dangerous and hopefully it's not too bad - the first impression from the physio is that it's not good, but it did look a red card to me.
"It looks like some type of knee ligament injury, that's the first impression. He's gone for a scan and we'll have to see how the land lies with him, but it didn't look good on the initial assessment from our physio.
"It was a very good response in the second half. It didn't feel in the first half we could get in behind MK Dons, we couldn't turn them.
"We had good possession up until two-thirds of the way up the pitch then we lost our way, we couldn't get in behind them and they broke off our bad play.
"It was a sloppy goal we gave away, but we responded well and the second-half performance was very good."
