Newport County 1-2 Tranmere Rovers: Rob Apter double claims Rovers win
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Just a point separates Newport in 16th and Tranmere in the League Two table
Tranmere Rovers came from behind to hand Newport County a sixth successive defeat in League Two.
The hosts had led when Will Evans headed in Harrison Bright's cross at the back post.
Rob Apter levelled within five minutes, bursting through the middle to beat Nick Townsend with a low shot.
The midfielder's second followed before half-time as Tranmere broke quickly, collecting a pass from Harvey Saunders before shooting home left-footed.
Newport manager Graham Coughlan:
"We're a tired team, same as the past five or six games. We're a team that's on our knees, a team that's running out of energy, running out of legs, running out of ideas.
"We don't have the leaders that we need on the pitch to help the young ones through.
"We give up a couple of chances and we get punished, so everything that can go wrong is going wrong. That's not a true reflection of us as staff and as players, or supporters of this football club."