Stanley boss John Coleman says his side “gifted” goals to Barnsley during their 3-1 defeat at Oakwell.

James Norwood, Jack Aitchison and Jordan Williams got on the scoresheet within the opening 19 minutes for the hosts.

The Reds pulled one back during the final stages when Tommy Leigh converted from the penalty spot after Michael Nottingham was brought down in the box.

Coleman said: “It’s happened too many times this season, we’ve beat ourselves in the first 10 minutes of the game.

“Within eight minutes you’re 2-0 down, the game is more or less over. We let them walk through us for the third goal, after 19 minutes you might as well go home.

“We seem to have two ways of playing, if we stay in the game we’re alright. But we’ve been beat too many times in the opening 15 minutes of games. We were a little better in the second half, but you ask yourself if they’ve eased off the gas.

“This is taking nothing away from Barnsley, they were good. They pressed us really well the whole game but they didn’t have to do anything to win, we’ve gifted them goals.

“There will be no rest days, we’ll be back in tomorrow to analyse it and try and get it right for Tuesday. There’s no point moaning about it, you’ve got to be switched on.”

He added: “Our travelling fans were superb today. They’re a credit to the club and themselves, I wish we could pay them back.”

The Reds are back in action on Tuesday night when they welcome non-league side Boreham Wood to the Wham Stadium in an FA Cup third-round replay (7.45pm).