TIM Flowers branded Alvechurch’s late derby defeat against rivals Bromsgrove Sporting as ‘gut-wrenching’.
Church conceded twice at the death in a 2-1 defeat at Lye Meadow as Kobe Hall scored an injury-time winner for the visitors.
After Nile Timson headed Alvechurch into an early lead, the hosts squandered a number of chances to seal the points.
Sporting’s Luke Benbow made the home side pay for those missed chances when he drew the Rouslers level on 87 minutes before Hall netted a dramatic winner.
And Flowers believes Alvechurch’s failure to convert clear-cut chances remains his side’s Achilles heel.
Flowers said: “There’s never a good way to lose a football match.
“I’ve managed a couple of hundred games but I’ve never managed a team who created so many chances in a game and not converted more than one of them.
“Credit to Bromsgrove because they stuck in there until the end and rode their luck.
“We’re guilty of missing too many chances to even remember and they end up getting two.
“It’s gut-wrenching for us because we bossed the chances but that’s what you get when you don’t take them.
“We have to suck it up and go away and think about the best way forward.
“The clinical aspect wasn’t there and that was our Achilles heel last season.”
Alvechurch are next in action against AFC Sudbury on Saturday, August 16 with kick-off at 3pm at Lye Meadow.
