Kevin Nolan "deeply disappointed" with Notts County display at Cambridge United

Kevin Nolan says he is "deeply disappointed" with Notts County's 1-0 loss at Cambridge United and believes his players are lacking confidence in the final third.

Medy Elito's goal on the half-hour mark condemned the Magpies to defeat at the Abbey Stadium, which dealt yet another blow to their fading automatic promotion hopes.

Nolan is however hopeful that Notts can get back on track when they face Stevenage at Meadow Lane on Saturday.

"I'm deeply disappointed because I thought we were starting to get back to where we were and I feel we have come away from that today," Nolan told the official Notts site.

"There wasn't much in the game but we didn't deal with Uche Ikpeazu well at all tonight. We looked at their strengths and we didn't deal with any of them and we didn't do anything to exploit their weaknesses.

"I have said to the lads we have another quick turnaround and another big game on Saturday where we have to get three points.

"I can't put my finger on (why we're not scoring) but we will be working hard over the next 72 hours to make sure we are ready for Stevenage on Saturday.

"There's a lack of confidence to try something in the final third for a lot of them.

"With the quality we have across the frontline we have to start breaking teams down much more than we are.

"I believe it won't take us long to get back to where we were this time last week after a positive result against Carlisle."

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