SLOUGH Town FC joint-boss Neil Baker feels that his team were denied at least a point from a 2-1 defeat to Corby Town on Tuesday.

Wilson Carvalho struck a late winner to condemn The Rebels, who finished the match with nine men, to defeat in a clash full of controversy at Holloways Park.

Slough took an 11th minute lead when Eddie Smith struck a sweet and unstoppable volley which flew past keeper Paul Walker and into the corner.

Greg Mills kept his nerve to level the scores from the penalty spot in time added on at the end of the first-half.

But The Rebels were infuriated by the decision to award a penalty when it appeared Carvalho had dived inside the box.

More controversy surrounded the winning goal on 83 minutes as Ryan Parsons was fouled by Carvalho on the edge of the area.

And to rub salt into Slough’s wounds, it was the Corby midfielder who hit an angled shot into the bottom corner of the net.

The Rebels’ frustration boiled over to the extent that Jake Parsons was shown a straight red card after taking his protest to far.

And worse was to come for the home team when Scott Harris was sent off for catching Shane Byrne in the jaw with a flailing arm.

Speaking to The Observer, a frustrated Baker said: “We feel undone by some big decisions in a tight game and unfortunately that has cost us at least a point.

“Obviously everyone sees things differently, but at the time there were a number of controversial decisions that we’re not happy with.

“It looked like simulation for the Corby penalty, and even their manager pretty much admitted it was a dive.

“It’s very difficult to know when the player went down but it looked like he hadn’t been touched.

“We all thought that the referee would caution him for simulation so it was very frustrating.” He added: “I didn’t see the incident involving Ryan properly, but everyone says it was a poor tackle on him.

“Unfortunately we stopped instead of playing to the whistle, but it’s very difficult to do that when you’re so convinced.

“Jake was sent off for what he said and we’re very disappointed, but he’s apologised and I can understand his reaction.” In defence of Harris, Baker said: “I’m really surprised as you can’t label Scott as a dirty player. He’s never been sent off before.

“It happened right in front of us and wasn’t a red card in a million years. That’s one thing that I definitely can say.” Baker and fellow manager Jon Underwood may decide to appeal the red card shown to Harris after consulting video evidence from the match.

But Baker is keen to focus on the positives and has challenged his side to repeat the performance away at Hitchin Town this Saturday (3pm ko).

He said: “Both teams defended well but we edged the first-half and felt it was a very winable game.

“It would’ve been good if we could have taken a two-goal lead into half-time, which I felt our play warranted and Corby were panicking a little bit.

“At 1-1 it’s back to square one and Corby are top for a reason, so it was always going to be difficult.

“I think that Corby probably edged the second-half and a draw would have been fair on the night.

“I’m very happy with how we performed but also very disappointed to be let down on big decisions.

“We defended very well, worked hard and showed a lot of character against a side who are going to finish top or second.

“There are loads of positives to take and the challenge is to repeat that performance, but it’s nigh-on impossible to do it every week.” Baker added: “There will be a good crowd on Saturday and will look forward to the match.

“There’s nothing to play for now so both teams can take the shackles off and have a go at each other trying to win the game.

“It will be another tough match but we say that every week in this division, even the top sides do.” **PICK up a copy of The Observer, out now, for all the latest sports news and action including pictures from Slough versus Corby and Cirencester Town** **FOLLOW The Observer on Twitter at @Observer_sports**