Matt Taylor admitted that he is worried about his future after his Bristol Rovers side fell to a 2-0 defeat against Birmingham City at St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park in League One.
A sixth-minute Lee Buchanan goal, followed by a 38th-minute Jay Stansfield penalty proved too much for Bristol Rovers to overturn, as the Blues emerged victorious.
After a bleak afternoon for his side, Taylor – whose side are just a point above the drop zone – confessed: “Yes [I am concerned about my future], but I can’t control that.
“We have to put it (the result) into the context of coming to Birmingham, the best team in the league and playing them at their place. The goals obviously played a big part in the scoreline [and] the feel of the game.
“We can do a lot better in the first one [the first goal], defending the first one certainly in relation to first contact on a set-piece and then getting a block.”
He also offered a blunt rejection of the referee’s decision to award the Blues a penalty for handball, saying: “The second one is not a penalty. The referee will admit that when he sees it.”
Opposite number Chris Davies was left impressed by the intensity that his side showed early in the game, saying: It was a good win. I think it was similar to the Stockport game in the first half, we blew them away really in terms of our intensity, the pressing, [we were] right on the front foot.
“We were [utilising] balls in behind, we were crossing the ball. We just looked very dangerous and scored a couple of good goals, and I think, if anything, it could have been more at halftime.”
The former Tottenham Hotspur assistant revealed that he wanted his players to avoid complacency going into the game.
He added: “I said to the players before the game, there could be no complacency because they’ve got some players that won’t be fazed by playing here.”
The win saw the Blues leapfrog Wrexham into second in League One after the Welsh side were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Cambridge, but Davies is not getting caught up in the title race.
He said: “I don’t look at the table. Personally, I just don’t think it’s necessary. I focus on what we’re doing as in how we’re playing and the points that we’re getting, and everyone else, we can’t control that.
“So for me, I don’t look at it. I just concentrate on what we’re doing and, obviously, right towards the end of the season, I think that’s the time – March, April, you start focusing and honing on that.”
