ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman claimed his side's profligacy almost reduced him to tears.

The Reds failed to convert any of their five shots on target, while Forest Green Rovers continued their upturn in form by scoring from their only goalbound chance.

Mark Beesley came up trumps with the only goal of the game on 64 minutes.

In fact, it was one of only two chances the home side had in the entire game, while Stanley caught Rovers on an afternoon when goalkeeper Dean Williams was in red hot form.

Former primary school teacher Coleman has now ordered his troops to a finishing school in an effort to make their goalmouth dominance pay.

"It was very frustrating. I was close to tears on the bench with the chances we missed," he said.

"It's hard to come away with nothing when we played so well.

"If we'd have walked away with a 5-1 win, Forest Green couldn't have had any complaints.

"We threw the kitchen sink at them but their keeper was inspired."

Paul Mullin was the first to bring a save out of the Rovers keeper after Robbie Williams had fired over the bar.

Ian Craney made his usual forages forward from midfield but put two strikes wide before Steve Flitcroft was denied by the crossbar after latching onto a Matt Gadsby error in the middle of the park.

The woodwork again got in the way of a Flitcroft chance, this time the post, from the midfielder's injury time free kick, while Mike Flynn couldn't steer home his header from the rebound as Williams cleared with his feet.

In a goalmouth scramble, the Forest Green stopper was then on hand to deny Craney.

Stanley keeper Paul Crichton had been largley untroubled. The closest Alan Lewer's men had come to opening their account was when Charlie Griffin planted a diving header wide from a corner.

But the introduction of Forest Green substitute Scott Rogers seemed to turn the game in their favour.

His boundless energy was like a shot in the arm for the home side.

After Stanley striker Lee McEvilly had grazed the angle after Stephen Reed made a stray pass, Rogers was instrumental in Rovers keeping possession.

And it was his vision that instigated the winner.

Rogers laid the ball off for Des Lyttle on the right flank and his cross found lone striker Griffin to knock the ball down.

Beesley showed why he was a target of Stanley boss Coleman as he was perfectly positioned in front of goal to make a rare chance count and punish the visitors.

Stanley substitute Rory Prendergast came into the fray in an effort to conjure an equaliser, but it wasn't forthcoming as Williams put up the proverbial brick wall to deny substitute Jonathan Smith and Craney.

Coleman added: "We need to sharpen up our finishing. But we can't let our heads go down, we have to believe what we're doing is right.

"We've just been going through a spell over the last couple of months when things haven't been going our way.

"On Saturday, we should have come away with at least a 0-0 draw."