Five - that's the number of points St Albans City have dropped due to conceding stoppage time goals in their last three games. Remember the number, it may be crucial come the end of April.
Wins against Chippenham Town and Weymouth on Saturday were suddenly turned into draws while a potential point on the road at Chelmsford City on Monday evening was turned into an agonising 2-1 loss.
However, manager Ian Culverhouse was in a defiant mood and felt the performance at the Melbourne Stadium warranted more.
"I thought we were excellent," he said, "I thought we bossed the game and the lads gave everything.
"What we're not doing is scoring in our good periods.
"First half we should have been 2-0 up but we didn't hit the target and then we had one at the end, that was our moment.
"That didn't happen either and we're getting punished for not taking them.
"But I thought the lads were excellent and I was really pleased with them but when you're at the bottom, you don't get anything.
"You have to earn everything but our performance levels were very good.
"We're not going to [be able to] win every game but we're trying to win every one. I can't fault the lads, they just got caught over on the side and the ball came into the box a little too easy.
"We've had chances and I fell sorry for the players because the effort they have put in was magnificent.
"If we keep performing at those levels, I'm sure it will turn, but we have to score in our good periods.
"We've got nine games left and so it's nine cup finals. We can't let this club go down, we just can't.
"We have to come into training on Thursday with a mindset to go again and be a little bit more ruthless in the opposition box.
"Then we have to tighten up in our own box and have more desire."
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