Exeter suffer familiar Tayl

Carlisle Utd 1 Exeter City 0

MATT TAYLOR has urged goal-shy Exeter to re-find their scoring touch.

The Grecians have failed to score in three of their last four League Two outings after

Lewis Alessandra (above) struck for Carlisle.

Their latest blank came as Chris Beech’s side returned from an enforced 28-day lay-off, due to a Covid-19 outbreak, to keep their promotion push on track.

“The goals have dried up a little bit,” admitted Taylor. “Maybe there’s a lack of confidence, but it seemed more like a lack of execution.

“We conceded another poor goal. We had certain moments where we didn’t execute. We didn’t put enough quality balls into the box.

“It was one of those games where you’re striving for something on that football pitch and we certainly didn’t have the quality.”

Cumbrians’ boss Beech said: “It felt like a long time since we last played and some of our play in the first half reflected that. We were rusty, but the energy and desire compensated for that and I thought we looked good for our lead.

“If people had any questions about how we’d come back after such a long time off, they’ve been answered, and I think we can be pleased that we’ve restricted a very good side to very little in the way of chances and threat in our area. We started well and the quality of the goal we got was exceptional.

“The finish from

Lewis Alessandra was excellent, but the build-up play from Jack Armer and Omari Patrick put it on a plate.”