Disappointing to only pick up a point from two winnable games - KTS

A point against Cambridge United was a disappointing end to the week for MK Dons, Kane Thompson-Sommers admitted.

An 88th minute goal secured a dramatic 3-2 win for Notts County on Tuesday night after Dons twice left at Meadow Lane, while a Sullay Kaikai screamer denied Paul Warne’s side the win against the U’s at Stadium MK on Saturday.

Heading into a busy Christmas period, Dons sit fifth in League Two but it could have been even better, according to Thompson-Sommers.

“Coming off the week as well, we’ve twice been ahead against good teams and not got wins so we’ve got to look into that,” he said. “The league is tightly contested, and that’s why we’re so disappointing this week that we’ve not picked up more than a point. Both were winnable games, and if we had’ve, we could have been in a very good position.

“At the same time though, we’ve got a lot of games over the next month and we know if we click into gear, defend better and take our chances, we’ll be back up there.

“In both games, we had chances to extend the lead but we’ve not defended well enough to keep it out at the other. But this is how we want to play - we want to score more goals and put games out of reach. We’ve just got it a little bit wrong in the last two games so we’re disappointed.”

Speaking about the draw with Cambridge, the midfielder continued: “It was a tough game. Being one up at half-time we had hoped to come away with all three points. The main emotion is disappointment in the end, especially against a rival at the top end of the table.

“We didn’t have enough control in the second-half, and when you don’t have that control, it gives the opposition a foothold in the game and you can’t really complain if they score, especially when they’re in the ascendancy.

“When we’re winning at home, we have to keep making passes, have the ball and dictate where the game goes. We let Cambridge have a spell and they scored from it.”