Neil Lennon refused to press the panic but despite Bolton Capital One Cup exit at home to Burton Albion.
An 87th minute goal from Matthew Palmer gave the League One side victory with Bolton unable to find the net following Saturday’s 0-0 Championship opener at home to Derby County.
Lennon has been forced to operate in the free transfer market with Emile Heskey thrown on last night in the search for an equaliser.
“We pretty much beat ourselves out there,” the former Celtic boss said. “We were totally dominant in the game, so I’m not massively disappointed with the performance but that said, we’ve lost the game and gone out of the competition, so that’s very disappointing.
“Burton got a huge slice of luck with the goal, but we have to look at ourselves for the chances we’ve missed. We were careless and lacked composure in front of goal.
“There are still encouraging signs. I thought Mark Davies was superb in midfield and looked back to his old self and Dean Moxey did really well at full back.
“We didn’t make many changes to the side, because it was a competition we wanted to progress in. Prince had a bit of a knock but should be fine for the weekend. Darren Pratley has a bit of a ligament problem which we are monitoring, whilst Jay Spearing was suspended.
“We’re not overly concerned, because the way we played was very pleasing. We had 30 attempts at goal, so we must be doing something right.”
Bolton travel to Middlesbrough on Saturday followed by a trip to MK Dons before hosting Nottingham Forest and a local derby with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.
Former Celtic midfielder Filip Twardzik was an unused substitute last night.
Lennon after the match
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