Moore frustrated by penalty

Mansfield coach Micky Moore criticised the referee after a first-half penalty allowed Wycombe to come from behind and win 2-1.

Stags defender Martin Riley was adjudged to have handled in the box on the half-hour mark, and Paul Hayes slotted home from 12 yards to equalise after Matt Rhead's fourth-minute opener. Peter Murphy then headed home 13 minutes from time to seal a comeback win for Wanderers before Mansfield boss Paul Cox saw red for kicking over a water bottle. "The penalty was controversial," said Moore. "We didn't think it was handball and it was even three or four yards outside the box. "To get decisions like that is really frustrating. The reaction from not just our players and bench but their players and bench too, as well as the supporters, shows that it was probably a decision he got wrong. "Before that we were in the ascendancy and had a couple of opportunities to go two goals up. "I think if you look at the whole game we didn't deserve to lose. We thought we played well enough to win so it's a massive disappointment. "I don't understand the decision with Paul. He was frustrated that we were losing and Wycombe were taking their time with a free-kick and he kicked a water bottle away and the referee has sent him off. It wasn't aimed at him, it was at ourselves." Rhead headed home unchallenged from Adam Murray's fourth-minute corner before Wycombe were given a lifeline on 30 minutes and Hayes tucked away the spot-kick. The hosts had to wait until the 77th minute to find the winner, with Murphy converting from close range after Hayes' delightful header across goal. Chairboys boss Gareth Ainsworth said: "Mansfield are a real physical bunch. They play direct football and rely heavily on their set-plays. "They're things that we've been saying all week so the disappointing thing for me is for the first 20 minutes we were out-fought and out-played during that time. It's great to turn it around obviously but I reminded the boys how poor they were at the start during half time. "But it's great to see a young side learn from that experience and solve the problems in the 90 minutes. "Alfie Mawson and Aaron Pierre at the back were together in Brentford's youth team two-and-a-half years ago, so they've done great to be performing like this in our first team. "The Mansfield players were becoming frustrated with how they were dealing with everything being thrown at them by the end. So that's the most pleasing thing, aside from the win, that I'll take."