Kevin Nolan: 'Notts County didn't do the basics right at Chesterfield'

Kevin Nolan has slammed his Notts County side for failing to even do the basics as they were beaten 3-1 by Chesterfield in Sunday's League Two encounter at the Proact Stadium.

The Magpies were sub-par in Derbyshire as Sid Nelson and Zavon Hines made the most of defensive mistakes to put the Spireites two up by the break.

Notts then halved the deficit with a Dan Jones free kick late on but not even nine minutes of stoppage time could push them to find an equaliser, instead conceding again via a penalty.

“When you are not in top form and not really playing well, you just go back to the basics,” Nolan told the Nottingham Post.

“But we didn’t even do that well. That’s disappointing from us because that’s what we’ve been good at all season long.

“We will be having a meeting, but I can’t put my finger on one thing on where it went wrong.

“They battled better than us. They played with a better temperament, they made a lot better decisions than us. All in all, they got what they deserved.

“When we got back to 2-1, we spoke about how well we fight back, but even then I thought we didn’t even put them under pressure.

“We didn’t put enough balls into the box and I just thought everybody was below their normal standard. It showed and you can’t have that many off it.”

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