MORTON midfielder Ali Crawford admits Saturday’s 3-2 loss to Falkirk was tough but believes it can be a valuable learning experience.

The 33-year-old set up the two Ton goals with free kicks from the left in roughly the same spot to help give them a 2-0 lead.

But Crawford reckons if his team had come in with a lead at the break, they could have claimed the points.

“It was a tough one to take,” he said. “We were 2-0 up and relatively comfortable and you could say it was a soft penalty the ref gives.

“Even their second goal, they take the free kick 10-15 yards away from the actual incident, but we’ve still got to do better and see that out.

“Falkirk scoring their penalty not long after our second gave them a bit of momentum and the equaliser comes before half time.

“We were relatively comfortable, and they never had much in the game.  The decisions went against us and if we’d got the lead into half time, we would have won comfortably.

“You can say anybody can beat anybody in this league, so when you’ve got a two-goal lead, you really need to see that out and get points on the board.

“It’s something for us to work on and hopefully we can improve on that in the next few weeks.”

Ali Crawford says Morton must, and will, learn from the mistakes that helped Falkirk win 3-2 at Cappielow on Saturday.Ali Crawford says Morton must, and will, learn from the mistakes that helped Falkirk win 3-2 at Cappielow on Saturday. (Image: alex craig)

Crawford looked back on his set pieces that led to success on Saturday and admitted after getting joy from his first attempt, it was in his mind to try it again.

And as he looks ahead to next Saturday’s SPFL Trust Trophy clash with Lowland League side Cowdenbeath, he says it’s not a game they should drop their standards for.

He added: “My first free kick worked well so when I got the second one, it was pretty much in my mind to do the same thing again by whipping it into the centre.

“It was a good header from Boyesy for the first goal and the second one found its way eventually to Jack (Baird) and he’s delivered another good finish.

“Now we have to turn our attention to the game against Cowdenbeath next week and it’s not a game we can take lightly. 

“Obviously, they’ll be up for it and looking to get a scalp, but we need to go through there, be professional and take care of things.”