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In the second half, Sam Corne scored a goal with composure, leading Vanarama National League South team to their first-ever advancement to the last 16 of the competition. Town lost 2-1 after Lamar Reynolds gave the visitors the lead in the first half with an audacious dink over Christian Walton. However, the Blues equalized with a well-taken finish from Jeremy Sarmiento in the second half. Despite their efforts, Maidstone found the winner in the 66th minute, leaving the Blues unable to find a leveller. Morsy expressed disappointment and deflation after the game, feeling like they let the fans down. Despite this, he acknowledged that they did many things right, including having many shots and hitting the woodwork a few times.
Unfortunately, on the breaks we didn’t manage it quite good enough. I don’t remember them breaking too many times but it seemed like they scored two goals from it. That’s something we have to get better with.
“If you have 38 shots, the woodwork hit a couple of times and if you can only score one goal from it, then you probably put the game in the balance, and that’s what we did. We should have scored more today.
“I think we had five or six really clear-cut chances which we should have done better with. But, fair play to the keeper, he’s made some brilliant saves. It’s bitterly disappointing, it’s a great day for them but it hurts, we have to bounce back and be better.”
While he admitted the fans might not like to hear it, Morsy admitted that there were positives to take from the defeat and was proud of his side’s application throughout the contest.
“It’s a disaster of a day but you can never question the desire and the application of the players, which for me is the biggest positive. I’d rather lose how we lost today than lose not fancying the game,” he said.
“We haven’t had many bad moments here and the losses teach you so much more than the wins will ever teach you. So, we have to bounce back, we have to be better individually and collectively.
“We have to look at why we couldn’t score and maybe you look back and just go ‘it was a freak game’ because we had enough chances to score six or seven goals.
“The day belongs to them, it’s an incredible achievement for them. I’ve been on the other side where you’ve knocked out Premier League teams and it’s an amazing feeling. They’ll always remember it so fair play to them.”
Town will have to put the shock result behind them ahead of their return to Sky Bet Championship action when they travel to Preston North End next Saturday (3pm).
Morsy said: “We understand the importance of every league game. We’ll prepare for it again, on Monday everyone will come in fresh and raring to go and raring to get better.
“Like I said, every setback is an opportunity to get better and that’s what we’ve always done.”
