Mansfield Town 2-1 Newport County

Ryan Bird scored his fourth Newport goal of the season to give his side the lead at Mansfield

Newport County's hopes of escaping relegation suffered a further blow as Mansfield came from behind to win in League Two.

Ryan Bird scored from close range to give County an early lead but Krystian Pearce levelled.

County's Jaanai Gordon was sent off for a second yellow card before Shaquile Coulthirst's penalty put Mansfield ahead after Craig Reid handled.

Newport remain six points adrift at the bottom of the table.

Mansfield are eighth in the table and outside the play-off places on goal difference.

Newport County manager Graham Westley told BBC Radio Wales: "It's a difficult result to take. We have to talk about a huge turning point in the where a sending off happens.

"We were confident and feeling good about the way we were playing at the stage and the sending off was a massive turning point - there was scarcely any contact.

"It was never going to be easy for us but credit to our players."