Frustrated Robinson: Dons wins will come

DONS boss Mark Robinson insisted the mood in his camp was still bullish despite his side continuing their search for a first win of 2022.

A frustrated Robinson saw an early goal by Ayoub Assal cancelled out by Daniel Udoh’s scrappy second-half effort.

He said: “The players are obviously frustrated because they want to win games, there were a couple of clear-cut chances and we’ve come away with a point again.

“But the mood’s always good, because we know what we’re doing and we know what we’re building.

“We were really good in the first half.

“We scored a really good goal, and I thought we were better, and looked comfortable.

“Then at the start of the second half they started landing on more second balls and got momentum from that.

“There was great fluidity with most of our play and we never really got that going again in the second half.”

The Dons took the lead after just 13 minutes when Ayoub Assal tucked his header perfectly into the corner from Ethan Chislett’s pinpoint cross.

Wimbledon looked the more threatening of the two sides for the majority of the first half and came out in search of a second straight after the break.

Jack Rudoni almost made it 2-0 with an effort from just outside the box which sailed narrowly wide.

But Wimbledon were made to pay for not extending their lead shortly after, as Shrewsbury found an equaliser with a scrappy goal from Daniel Udoh 13 minutes into the second half.

Ryan Bowman picked up the ball in the box and his pass squirmed through to Udoh inside the six-yard box, who prodded home to turn the game on its head.

After a tense first hour, both sides threw caution to the wind in search of a winner in a frantic final 30 minutes.

Chances came thick and fast, but neither side could do enough.

Shrewsbury boss Steve Cotterill was content with a point.

“That’s the third game in a week, and we’ve had an incredible amount of travelling... we haven’t picked up a win, but we’ve played really well,” he said.

“At the end of the day, you’ll always take a point away in a difficult game.”