CITY suffered stoppage-time agony to go down 3-2 to a very late winner at Barrow.

T&A chief sports writer SIMON PARKER was at Holker Street and provides the match stats and his player ratings.

MAN OF THE MATCH

Jake Young provided the direct attacking threat that City lacked in the first hour. Opened his account with a confident finish and his shot led to the second goal.

MOMENT OF THE MATCH

Having clawed their way back to salvage a draw in stoppage time, City then fatally switched off to concede a very soft third goal.

MOAN OF THE MATCH

City struggled to handle Barrow’s more direct approach and looked susceptible to crosses and corners.

TACTICS

Mark Hughes made two injury-enforced changes to his starting line-up.

Alex Gilliead, fully recovered after a calf strain, came in for long-term absentee Emmanuel Osadebe and Harry Chapman replaced Jamie Walker, whose knee problem is more serious than first thought.

On the bench, Timi Odusina was fit enough to make his first appearance in a City squad since signing from Hartlepool.

REFEREE: Martin Woods (Wigan)

BOOKINGS: Warren (Barrow); Crichlow, Angol (City)

ATTENDANCE: 4,012

SHOTS ON TARGET: Barrow 4 City 6

SHOTS OFF TARGET: Barrow 10 City 1

CORNERS: Barrow 4 City 6

FOULS: Barrow 15 City 19

PLAYER RATINGS

BARROW: Farman 6, Warren 6, Ray n/a (McClelland 14min, 6), Canavan 7, Brough 6, Neal 7, Foley 6, Gotts 6 (Rooney 81min), Waters 6 (Kay 75min), Gordon 7, Whitfield 8. Subs (not used): White, Grayson, Stevens, Lillis.

CITY: Lewis 5, Halliday 5, Platt 5, Crichlow 5, Ridehalgh 6, Smallwood 6, East 6 (Songo’o 89min), Gilliead 6 (Sutton 77min), Chapman 5, Angol 5 (Young 60min, 7), Oliver 5 (Cook 60min, 6). Subs (not used): Foulds, Odusina, Doyle.