The midfielder credited the fans for the atmosphere they created and felt Dale played on the front foot, but that mistakes proved to be the difference.
“Ultimately, we’re disappointed,” commented Francis.
“We started slow and gave them a goal, which at this level, you can’t do. We took the game back and had some good moments in the first-half.
“We could have had more efforts at goal, but the feeling was that we were in a much better position. In the second-half, we reacted well and got the goal.
“But we gave the second goal away, and we’re getting punished for small mistakes, which is ultimately what’s hurting us.
“I think it was an improved performance, performance-wise, from last week. It’s something we can look at and take the positives from, but ultimately we need to start winning games.
“The fans were brilliant, and the atmosphere was there. We want to give them moments, be on the front foot and score goals, and I thought we were on the front foot, to be honest.
“Unfortunately, there were just little moments where we gave it away and got caught out, and that’s the difference.
“But we’ll learn from that, bounce back, and all we can do is learn from the performance. If we keep doing that, performances will come, and results will come.”
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