Gillingham player James Brophy reacts to their FA Cup defeat against Barrow and hopes they can bounce back in games against Northampton Town and Colchester United coming up

Gillingham midfielder James Brophy admitted the players had “let themselves down” after a disappointing FA Cup exit at the hands of Barrow.

The Gills were beaten 1-0 at Priestfield on Saturday, with the National League side scoring a dramatic 92nd-minute winner to knock Gareth Ainsworth’s team out in the first round.

Brophy felt Gillingham had created enough chances to win the game but rued their failure to take them, with the visitors making them pay late on.

“Frustrated, heavily disappointed,” he said, reacting to the loss. “If you pick a way to lose a game that would be the most gutting, that would probably be it. It was a disappointing day for all of us.

“I think we made enough [chances]. I don't think we were good enough to win it because you have to be clinical. We made as good opportunities as we have all season in the first half. The game plan in the first half to create the opportunities worked. They were good opportunities but we have to convert them.

“We felt that their main threats came from set-pieces. We gave them too many first half and then definitely in the last five, ten minutes of the game, we gave them too many. If you don't take your chances, then you always leave yourself vulnerable to that moment happening and to you giving away the game really.”

Brophy felt Gillingham lost some of their attacking threat after the break, allowing Barrow to grow into the game.

He said: “First half they slowed the game down a lot. We dealt with that quite well first half. Second half, I think with the changes and stoppages, we probably didn't have as much potency as we did first half in terms of creating chances and probably just levelled the game out when we should have just carried on.

“We lost a bit of momentum in