ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman insists he has never been as upset after a match following his side's 2-1 defeat to 10-man Rochdale last night.

The Reds took the lead through Ian Craney's free-kick, just moments after Rochdale's David Perkins was sent off for a horrible lunge on Jay Harris.

But the visitors stormed back with second-half goals from Kallum Higginbotham and Glen Murray, to condemn Stanley to their fourth consecutive home defeat.

"I feel personally let down and there's no excuse for it," said Coleman.

"We've let the fans down and I'll take some of the blame, because I obviously haven't got them up enough for the game.

"I've never been upset after a match as I have tonight."

He added: "That's four games we've lost on the bounce at home and it's blatantly not good enough.

"Mark my words, there will be a lot of changes in January."