Funk blasts hammered AFC Mansfield for '˜horrendous mistakes'

The Bulls matched their opponents in almost all areas of the pitch during the Bank Holiday Monday fixture, but were let down by major defensive errors.

Funk blasted: “It’s unacceptable to make such horrendous mistakes at this level. We will have to take it on the chin and move on.

“You have to give a lot of credit to Lincoln, who put themselves about. But when you give goals away the way we did, you don’t deserve to win.

“There were a lot of positives with the substitutes we sent on, but it was very disappointing from some of the guys who started the game.”

Lincoln took the lead when full-back Scott Matthews was gifted a free header, and things got worse for AFC as Kieran Wells missed a penalty and they conceded again on the stroke of half-time when Jon D’Laryea’s mis-hit clearance led to a goal from Thomas Garrick.

Another defensive blunder allowed Kevin Hemagou to head home from a corner and although Lynton Karkach pulled one back for the Bulls, Lincoln were condemned to further misery when Mark Dudley scored an own goal from another flagkick.