Burton boss Dino Maamria was heavily critical of his side’s “really poor” performance as they were beaten 2-0 by out-of-form Northampton at Sixfields.
A tight first half ended in stalemate but the Cobblers dominated the second and goals from Marc Leonard and Sam Hoskins ended their six-game winless run in all competitions.
Burton themselves are now five games without a win in all competitions and their manager had no complaints.
“It was a poor performance,” admitted Maamria. “We were outfought and outplayed and the second half especially was really poor.
“There wasn’t much in the first half so the message at half-time was to push more bodies forward and play more forward but we didn’t do that.
“They scored a brilliant goal and that probably galvanised them but I’m really disappointed with our response because we didn’t get going after that and they dominated us.
“The most disappointing thing is that we were outfought in every department. They won first and second balls, they closed us down, they got behind the ball quicker and they asked more questions.
“There are ways to lose games and you don’t lose like we did today. Northampton are in a difficult moment and the goal helped them and they finished the game better, but we were outfought and that’s not like us.
“We missed easy chances. We should have got one goal back near the end and if you do that, it’s a different game, but we deserved absolutely nothing today and I’m gutted for our fans because they turned up in their numbers.”
It was a much-needed win for Northampton boss Jon Brady.
“I’m really pleased with the performance,” he said. “We needed that and every player came to the table.
“That’s the type of energy, work-rate and tempo we need because that’s our tempo.
“It’s been tough because we’ve been playing the same players week in, week out but today we were able to freshen it up with players coming back in. That makes one hell of a difference and we looked more physical and had more about us.
“The game opened up in the second half. Tactically, they went to 4-4-2 so the midfield opened up more and if we won their balls in good areas, we were able to get in behind us and play forward and more space opened up.
“That helped us and then we broke on them brilliantly after we got the first goal.
“On top of that, our energy to get back into shape was excellent so a lot of key things worked for us today and the boys implemented what we had worked on so full credit to them.”
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