Former Everton striker Duncan Ferguson couldn't hide his disappointment after his first game in charge of Forest Green Rovers ended in defeat.
Jordan Garrick's wonder strike was cancelled out by two stoppage-time blows. Shrewsbury Town duo Rekeil Pyke and Ryan Bowman flipped the League One encounter on its head with goals in the 94th and 98th-minute.
The late salvo from Salop meant Ferguson was left empty-handed in his first game in charge. The former Everton forward was appointed as their new manager this week following the sacking of Ian Burchnall.
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"It hurt," the 51-year-old said speaking to the official Forest Green website. "Believe me it hurt really badly, I thought the team were excellent today, really good, really good performance.
"Organisation, good structure of the team, they never created that many chances, the six minutes overtime - I'm not quite sure where that's come from - it was a disappointing end but an encouraging 94 minutes.
"The team have been conceding late quite a bit this season, I don't think that's part of it. We're so unlucky, so unlucky, just couldn't see the game out.
"I was really pleased with our shape, I think the players showed good application, took the instructions well - I think you saw that with the organisation. I'd like to see a bit more in possession but certainly out of position they done really well and defended the box really well up until the set-play.
"It really was [a good goal] I always thought he had a wee bit of magic in his feet. He was a big threat in the game before he tired late on in the match, a great finish, fantastic goal.
"We've got to be better in possession, got to make sure we play a bit more. We had the one day so we have to work off the ball really as much as we could. I think on the ball we can be better, a bit more positive on the ball, braver, take the ball, keep possession. That would probably be my topic that we work on, finishing, creating chances."
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