Stanley boss John Coleman was left ruing two missed penalties following their 3-0 defeat against Derby County.

Sean McConville missed from 12 yards twice in quick succession and also hit the crossbar during a frustrating afternoon at the Wham Stadium.

William Osula bagged a brace for the visitors, with Tom Barkhuizen adding a third in the eighth minute of stoppage time.

Coleman felt his side’s performance was much better than the scoreline suggests but admits they need to be more ruthless in front of goal.

He said: “It wasn’t a 3-0. One of our fans, after the final whistle, said that was ‘men against boys’ but they weren’t watching the same game as me if they thought that.

“For 30 minutes we battered them, we hit the bar and missed two penalties and no one is hurting more than Sean.

“He didn’t mean to miss the penalties and he could have had a hat-trick in the first half. We showed enough in the game to hurt them but we have got to be more clinical.

“They have punished us for slack defending and it was never a 3-0. We will have to look at the first two goals and how we can defend them better. I don’t count the third goal as that was when we were pushing forward.

“If someone had said to me that Derby County would be time-wasting and playing five at the back against Accrington Stanley 20 years ago I would have been carried off!”