MK Dons Head Coach Scott Lindsey was annoyed to see a late equaliser deny the club victory in his first home game in charge.

The Dons’ match against Tranmere Rovers had seen the hosts lead going into stoppage time through a first half goal by Joe White, only for Regan Hendry’s equaliser in injury time to deny MK Dons victory.

In his post-game interview, Lindsey said he felt the team switched off at a wrong moment and were punished for it.

He said, “I thought it’s a disappointing end to what I thought was a good game.

“We just had to do our job properly and see it through. You can’t switch off and be that loose with the ball at the top of the pitch. Ball turns over, they change the play, we don’t stay with the runner and it’s a goal. So we come away with one point and not three.

“I’m not here to draw games. I’m here to win and one point is no good to me.”

Lindsey felt that the team also had their chances that they didn’t take to wrap things up.

He said, “I felt we had the lion’s share of chances and we created some good chances in the game. It wasn’t to find that second goal. Alex Gilbey had a good header at the far post in the second half, while Joe took his goal great. It was a great goal. We probably should’ve asked a little more questions of the opposition in terms of our chances. I think we did have the lion’s share but I’d like more than we had. It was a good goal but it wasn’t to be enough for us to win.”

Lindsey also noted that Tranmere played the game with a different approach to what he had anticipated, but thought until the crucial moment that the team dealt with this well.

“They actually played a lot different to what I analysed. They were really direct in the games I watched, but today they actually passed the ball quite well as a team. We’re fine with that as we pressed them quite well, but yeah, we just switched off in those last moments and we drop two points based on that.”

Looking ahead to upcoming games, Lindsey said that the main goal now was to try and instil a winning mentality so MK Dons could get more points on the board.

He said, “There’s lots to be encouraged by but we have to have a winning mentality, which I think has to be mirrored by me. If I’m the leader and they see I have got that, then probably everyone will follow eventually and the ones that don’t will fall by the wayside. I’m not here to draw or lose games, I’m here to win, and we’ve got more than enough in terms of ability in that dressing room to win games every week against whatever opposition come here, home and away. Today is disappointing because I think we had it in the bag and we let it slide near the end.”