Truro City manager John Askey says his side looked ‘weary’ in their 1-0 loss at Boreham Wood in National League South.
Charles Clayden’s close-range finish three minutes after the interval was enough to earn the hosts all three points.
Andrew Neal came close to equalising for the Cornish side, but drew a fine save from Boreham Wood goalkeeper Nathan Ashmore.
The loss ended an eight-game unbeaten run for Askey’s side as they stay second in the table, but are now three points off leaders Weston-super-Mare, who also have a game in hand.
“We’ve come here to one of the biggest spenders in the league and it’s probably one of those games where we could have done with a breather in between the last few games,” Askey told BBC Radio Cornwall.
“But we didn’t have that and it tests squad and we just didn’t have enough tonight.
“We needed to play better when we were on the ball, we gave the ball away too cheaply,” the Truro boss added.
“The commitment was there, everybody had a real go, but we just didn’t have enough tonight and one or two looked a little bit weary.
“We needed a break before we played them. We’d spoken to the league, but they forced us to play tonight.
“It was just one of those that got away from us.”