DEMORALISED York City boss Jackie McNamara blamed individual errors for his team’s 3-2 injury-time home defeat to Luton.

Half-time substitute Bradley Fewster twice levelled the scores following poorly-conceded goals from visiting pair Cameron McGeehan and Jack Marriott.

But, when further sloppy home defending led to a 92nd-minute strike by Olly Lee, Luton secured maximum points with only their third shot on target of the afternoon.

It meant the Minstermen have now conceded eight goals in their last three matches following the 2-0 home triumph over Exeter that represented the club’s first clean sheet in 24 league matches.

Delivering his cutting verdict, McNamara fumed: “It was points wasted when we should be getting out of trouble. We worked very hard, but got nothing to show for it and we’ve only got ourselves to blame for the goals we conceded.

“We were comfortable in the first half and they didn’t cause us any problems. In the second half, we changed it and brought Brad on for his pace because I thought he could hurt them.

“It was three individual errors, though, by people that didn’t do their jobs properly, that cost us three goals. We didn’t pick up from a corner, switched off again at a throw-in which we had worked on the day before and, for the third one, let their player run unmarked towards our box before he slotted it away and that made me very angry.

“It’s disappointing, demoralising and very frustrating because all the goals were preventable. We had put a lot of effort and work in to get back into the game with Brad scoring two goals, so it’s very frustrating to lose to a goal like that.”

McNamara added that Lee’s goal should have been stopped at its source either by fair means or foul, reasoning: “Kenny McEvoy had the chance to stop their man before he set off. They had done it to us earlier and picked up a yellow card and we should have done the same, if that’s what it took.”

Left-back Femi Ilesanmi, meanwhile, was employed as a winger prior to being substituted on 64 minutes.

Luton’s next two goals both originated from their right flank but, on Ilesanmi’s transition to his new position and whether his withdrawal proved a mistake, McNamara said: “I don’t think it’s a position that’s alien to him because he gets in those areas anyway and he did OK in the first half.

“Both goals came from the right after he came off, but they were still preventable regardless of who was playing there, whether it was Danny (Galbraith) or Kenny (McEvoy).”

Michael Ingham was given his first start of the season in place of season-long, first-choice keeper Scott Flinders with the City boss explaining the decision was partly down to the latter picking up a shoulder problem and partly due to the time being right for a change.

“It was a bit of both,” he revealed. “We had a fright with Scott’s shoulder and wanted to make sure, if there was to be something wrong, Michael could come in and do a job.

“He let in three goals, but I don’t think he had a lot to do in the match or that he could be blamed for anything, which is frustrating for him and myself. He handled everything else quite well because his kicking was good and you could hear his voice throughout the game.”

Former Scotland Derek Riordan also kicked off a competitive game for the first time since he ended last season at Scottish League second division outfit East Fife.

He was replaced by Fewster at half-time with McNamara saying: “Derek took a knock but it was a tactical substitution.

“He had one good effort but I wanted a bit of pace and energy up there and we got that when Brad came on. I was delighted for him that he got his goals, but more disappointed with the defeat.”

City are now hoping that Michael Coulson will recover from the sore groin that meant he was unavailable against Luton for Tuesday night’s trip to Oxford.