More disappointment for fans as City crash out of FA Cup

City made two changes after last week's 3-0 defeat at Cheltenham. Pat Baldwin came in to form a back three alongside Coles and Amankwaah and Alan Gow started in partnership with Jamie Cureton up front. Arron Davies missed out through injury and Jimmy Keohane dropped to the bench. The new 3-5-1-1 formation allowed Scot Bennett to return to midfield.

The home side started with intent and David Healy’s early cross went all the way across the Exeter box. Dominic Poleon had plenty of time at the far post but shot first time and hit the bar.

City’s reply inevitably came from Alan Gow with two free kicks, one hitting the wall, the other saved by Trevor Carson.

A repeat of the side's weakness to defend set pieces saw Bury open the scoring after 35 minutes. A short corner was played to the back post where Sodje headed the ball back into the opposite corner past Krysiak. Then just before half time, a cleared corner fell to Schumacher who fired narrowly over.

Manager Paul Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon: "How we didn't get a goal I don't know, I'm very disappointed.

"It's hard to pick fault with anything we did in the second half - they played with a lot of freedom and a lot of fight.

"I think we have to do what everyone else does, I think we should have gone over a few times."

For the match report go to: http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/fixtures-results/match-report/?matchid=356...