Blue Toon gaffer rues missed opportunity against Airdrieonians

Peterhead boss Jim McInally bemoaned his side’s profligacy in front of goal after they were beaten 1-0 by Airdrieonians at Balmoor.

Jonathan Afolabi netted the game’s only goal to inflict a third successive defeat on the Blue Toon.

The result sees the Diamonds remain five points behind cinch League One leaders Cove Rangers while Peterhead stay ninth, two points below Dumbarton.

McInally was pleased with the way his side played but admitted they were made to pay for their wastefulness.

He said: “We just need to keep playing the way we’ve been playing and at some point we’ll get a wee break.

“We had a bad spell after they scored for about 10 minutes and you could see the shoulders had slumped.

“It wasn’t even the case that they scored a good goal, I think there was two miskicks before it fell to their player.

“At the other end, we had bad luck and bad finishing.

“We were on top of the game and we told them at half-time to keep playing that way and they did.

“I just spoke to someone from Airdrie and they said it was daylight robbery but I get fed up having this conversation.

“It’s a results-based business, it’s about scoring goals and we’re not doing that. You need to have a clean sheet to get a point if you’re not scoring but even that was beyond us.

“Their energy is good, they’re playing some good stuff so it’s tough.”

Rico Quitongo challenged by Airdrie’s Brody Paterson.