Hamilton Accies boss rues final third failings as Cove Rangers end unbeaten run

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Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin admits he felt a familiar frustration at Cove Rangers on Saturday, as their unbeaten start to the season went up in smoke.A Fraser Fyvie strike after an hour at Balmoral was all that separated the two sides and Rankin was once again left lamenting his side’s failure to capitalise on their chances.Cove keeper Nick Suman was man of the match but Rankin felt they didn’t do enough to trouble the home shot-stopper, as his side fell three points behind leaders Falkirk at the top of the table.Rankin said: “The result is really disappointing.

I didn’t think we were great but I didn’t think we were under any great deal of pressure.“Ryan Fulton has one save to make and then they get their goal as well.“But the disappointing thing for me is, although the Cove goalkeeper got man of the match, we didn’t force him to make great saves or put him under real pressure.“All his saves were ones that you would expect him to save.“We didn’t do enough in the final third again to win the game.

We really need to do more to take our chances.”With Falkirk also slipping up with a 1-1 draw away to Queen of the South, it was an opportunity missed to return to the top of the table.But Rankin said: “We are not concentrating on anyone else.

Other results are what they are.“We just need to try and win our games. We dropped points at the weekend, which is disappointing, and that is my biggest annoyance of the weekend.”Follow Lanarkshire Live Sport onX via@LanLiveSport, like us onFacebookor find us onInstagramfor the latest sports news, pictures and video.