MAIDENHEAD United assistant manager Ryan Peters frustrated at the time and space his side gave York City in Saturday's 6-2 victory for the Minstermen.

In a match that consisted of eight goals, one red card and two penalties, it was an otherwise comfortable three points for York against a Maidenhead side that currently occupy the National League relegation zone.

Peters was angry after a defeat to City as he felt that the first three goals for the home side were all due to Maidenhead's own doing, and that his side allowed York the time and space on the ball to punish the Magpies.

“The first two or three goals are all from our own doing," Peters told club media.

"You can’t give a side like York the time and space that we gave them, you need to be in their faces.

"The elements when we were able to do that, we managed to get the ball back, but if you’re going to sit off of them then they’re going to punish you.

"The first, second and third goal are all avoidable."

A controversial point in the match was Maidenhead's Alan Massey's sending off, despite it appearing that it had been Will De Havilland's challenge on Ollie Pearce as the last man.

Peters refused to get embroiled in any controversy, admitting that the sending off didn't help, but felt as if the damage had already been done after Maidenhead had succumbed to a four goal deficit in the opening 32 minutes.

The assistant continued: “The sending off definitely doesn’t help, but we were four goals down by then and the damage was already done.

"We need to be better, we need to keep running all over the pitch, we’re miles off of where we need to be right now.

"Fortunately we don’t have a game for a few weeks now in the league so it gives us the chance to build on what we’ve got, but we’ve got some work to do."