Muslic 'hurt' by last-gasp Plymouth defeat

Plymouth have taken just nine points from a possible 66 away from home this season

Plymouth Argyle head coach Miron Muslic admits he was 'hurt' at the manner of their last-gasp defeat at Middlesbrough.

Argyle were on course for a useful point when Tommy Conway won an injury-time penalty for which their captain Joe Edwards was sent off before the Boro forward sent Conor Hazard the wrong way from the spot to leave Plymouth with nothing.

It keeps the three-point gap to Derby County in 21st place - which is effectively four, given Plymouth's vastly inferior goal difference - but now with only three games to go.

But after playing well for large periods at the Riverside, Muslic is confident his side can regroup for Monday's home game with play-off chasing Coventry City.

"It feels heavy," he told BBC Radio Devon. "The lads played a brilliant game.

"Everything we prepared before, we actually delivered. We knew the threat of Middlesbrough - very strong in possession, very strong offensively, but we did it very well and consistently kept our transition threat, creating so many goalscoring opportunities.

"That shows the strong performance we had. And losing this very much deserved point we had with a 93rd-minute penalty, it hurts.

"We have to go again - there is nothing to regret after that 100 minutes. We gave it all."