Gartcairn boss Mick Dunlop says they'll take late defeat on the chin

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Gartcairn boss Mick Dunlop says his side must take it on the chin as two stoppage-time goals saw Kilbirnie Ladeside turn a 2-1 defeat into a 3-2 win on Saturday.And though the winner was a 25-yard free kick stunner, Dunlop says his side need to see games out when they’re in that situation.The result knocked ’Cairn off the top of the West of Scotland League First Division on goal-difference, and cut their lead over fourth-placed Kilbirnie to four points, but Dunlop says that shows how tough a league it is.He said: “It was two late goals.

We were 2-1 up in the 91st minute and they scored the equaliser because of a bad mistake.“Then they got a free kick right after it and the boy has put it right into the top corner from 25 yards – it was bitterly disappointing.“If I’m being brutally honest, we were in the winning position, you’re 2-1 up in stoppage time, you should see the game out.“But I think overall, if I’m being honest about it, a draw would have been probably fair.“Over the course of a whole season you get set-backs along the way and we’ve been fortunate this season that we haven’t had many.“I can also think of maybe four or five games off the top of my head where we’ve scored late winners.“It’s disappointing, but you’ve just got to take it on the chin, and bounce back in the next game.”Dunlop reckons the battle with St Cadoc’s for top spot is likely to go all the way, and said: “Saturday would have been a great chance because we were top and they were fourth, so a win would have put us 10 points clear of them and given us that cushion, with the top three getting promoted.“But the flip side is that if they beat you it’s down to four and that shows how competitive the league is, and it’s probably going to go all the