Neil Critchley felt Blackpool dropped two points against Fleetwood
Blackpool boss Neil Critchley was left frustrated after his side were forced to settle for a 3-3 draw in a thrilling Lancashire derby against Fleetwood.
Sonny Carey’s brilliant brace cancelled out early goals from Promise Omochere and Jack Marriott.
Shayne Lavery seemingly secured the bragging points for the Seasiders, but Marriott popped up with a dramatic last-gasp equaliser.
Critchley said: “It’s really difficult to know where to start because there are so many incidents in the game.
“My overriding feeling is that it’s two points dropped and it’s a game we should have won.
“I don’t know how many shots at goal we had, or chances that we created but it’s numerous and as the away team.
“At 3-2 we’ve got ourselves into a winning position after giving ourselves a mountain to climb first half.
“It’s a game we should see out. Even when they equalise we’ve still almost gone on to win the game.
“It’s a difficult one to sum up. We created chances. We constantly got into the final third in the first half and failed.
“We conceded two really poor goals, but if we keep conceding twos and threes it’s going to be difficult to win games of football.”
The Cod Army made a fast start and looked set to land a first Lancashire derby win for five years.
But they eventually had to come from behind to earn a point.
Boss Lee Johnson said: “The boys are disappointed and I’m disappointed.
“Ben Heneghan, to give an example, had told the lads we should have had nine points this week and instead we’ve got five, which is not a disaster.
“We’ve started a bit of an unbeaten run, but we need to deal with oppositions’ spells better.
“I thought there was a lot of character on the pitch, from both teams. And the fans really made it that derby atmosphere, and I love that.
“I want to see that against Exeter when we play them at home. We can create that with our spirit on the pitch and our spirit off the pitch.
“The spell that we conceded three goals, you ask whether they were fantastic or if we were poor. We felt we should have defended those much better.
“They threw caution to the wind, they had bright, busy players but we should have dealt with it better. We can coach it.
“We’ve started to score goals regularly which is really positive. It’s a sign that we’re improving, but it’s a sign we can’t get ahead of ourselves at anytime in any match and we need to stay focused.”
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