We take a look at how the press reviewed our 3-0 defeat at MK Dons last Friday with the views of the Nottingham Evening Post and the MK Dons Official Website.

Nottingham Evening Post Report by Stevie Roden

Just 24 hours before this game, it was a problem Notts County boss Steve Thompson was highlighting.

Conceding from set-pieces was proving the Magpies' nemesis already this season.

Against Grimsby, Darlington and Morecambe they had come unstuck from such situations and it was eating away at the Notts manager. He knew they simply could not afford to keep letting it happen.

But despite working on them in training again this week, he could only look on in horror as once again, just before half-time, his side went behind from a corner as Keith Andrews scored.

If that was not enough to make his blood boil, he had to go through the same disastrous scenario midway though the second half.

Instead of two good saves prior to it being the foundation for Notts to go on and grab at least a point, they were to count for nothing as Danny Swailes met a corner from the left and headed past Pilkington from inside the six-yard box.

Two set-pieces saw Notts come unstuck before Aaron Wilbraham compounded the misery with a header late in the game.

Notts are still without a win and stuck on just four points from five games. And to make matters worse, no striker has found the net in any competition.

Having toyed with two formations this season, Thompson opted for 4-4-2 and Neil MacKenzie was dropped to the bench, with Jay Smith starting in the centre of midfield with Richard Butcher.

Jason Lee returned from a three-match ban to lead the line alongside Lawrie Dudfield while the Magpies boss gambled without a goalkeeper on the bench.

With a strike pairing of Kevin Gallen and Leon Knight, it was always going to be a testing evening for Stephen Hunt and Adam Tann. But early on both quipped themselves well, Tann making vital interceptions on the edge of his box from Leon Knight, while Hunt used his pace to snuff out Gallen when he looked to be clean through on goal.

It was poor defending at the opposite end that gave Notts an early chance when Swailes slipped. Dudfield pounced down the left but his square ball for Lee was poor and it wasted the opportunity for the Magpies.

Notts could have been playing the majority of the game against ten men had referee Jarnail Singh took a different look on goalkeeper Willy Gueret handling outside his area.

He picked up Lee's flick-on outside his box after a slip but escaped with a yellow card to the frustration of the Notts management team and fans.

Stirling showed a weapon in the home side's armoury when he produced a long throw that Knight met but he failed to connect properly with a header from six yards out. Andrews then gave the Magpies a scare from distance but his low shot was wide of the post.

Lee's aerial threat was obvious when Andy Parkinson crossed from the right and the striker rose to head but he could not find the power to trouble Gueret. Five minutes before half-time Pilkington came to the rescue when Knight was played through the middle but the Notts goalkeeper pulled off a great stop.

But it was to prove to no avail as Notts came unstuck again from a set-piece - the fourth time in five league games - as skipper Keith Andrews headed home the resulting corner.

Paul Mayo had a great chance to equalise immediately when Lee Canoville's cross from the right was not cut out but, unmarked, the former Lincoln man was caught by surprise at the back post and his slow reactions allowed Gueret to pounce at his near post.

Thankfully for Notts it remained just 1-0 at the break as Dyer's stinging shot drifted just wide of the far post.

Just short of the hour, Spencer Weir-Daley replaced Parkinson as Notts went 4-3-3 in search of an equaliser. But it was MK Dons who came at the Magpies and Pilkington had to deny Knight, diving to his left to tip round the post.

Lee saw Gueret save a 20-yard shot before Stirling caused problems with his long throw but when Knight acrobatically set it towards goal, Pilkington, at full stretch, managed to get his fingers to it to keep it out.

The pressure continued as only an outstretched leg from a Notts defender denied Gallen a goal as he looked to convert a ball pulled back from the byline. But it did not matter as from Lewington's corner, Swailes converted with a stooping header.

Knight was using his quick feet in the box to get past Mayo and when he tried to get to the byline, the Notts defender appeared to bring him down but the referee waved play on, much to the fury of the home crowd.

Five minutes from time Aaron Wilbraham headed home a cross from Dyer, leading to a mass exodus of Magpies fans. The journey back to Nottingham would not have been a pleasant one and Monday morning will hardly be a jovial occasion when the Magpies players return to training.

Set-pieces will be top of the agenda for discussion. A few harsh words will be aired and fans, management and players will keep everything crossed in the hope it can be sorted out.

Report from MK Dons' Official Website

MK Dons swept Notts County aside to record their second home win in a row and go eighth in League Two after another excellent performance at stadiummk.

Headers from Keith Andrews, Danny Swailes and Aaron Wilbraham decided a one-sided game against Steve Thompson's Magpies as the Dons wiped away the memory of last week's last gasp defeat at Rochdale with an authoritative display.

The visitors rarely stretched Dons 'keeper Willy Gueret as he strolled to a clean sheet against a blunt County attack that was in total contrast to their slick, sharp opponents.

Andrews' fourth goal of the season four minutes before half time from a Dean Lewington corner broke a stubborn County rearguard before Swailes stooped to head his first Dons goal from another of the full-back's deliveries.

Substitute Wilbraham rounded off the scoring with five minutes to go with his first goal since December after a sumptuous Dons move.

At times in the second half the Dons, led by the marauding Andrews, looked like they would tear Thompson's men apart. But three goals was their reward for an impressive Friday night's work.

The result was made all the more impressive by the fact that Dons boss Paul Ince lost both Colin Cameron and Mark Wright to injury before the game, and defender Sean O'Hanlon at half time.

Jude Stirling, moved to right midfield to cover for Wright, immediately took the initiative of a more advanced role with an early charge onto a Leon Knight pass and forced County 'keeper Kevin Pilkington to rush out and clear.

But while controlling the pace, territory and possession, the Dons were finding chances hard to come by as County stubbornly resisted their early advances. Stirling curled an effort wide after more good work from Knight but the home side didn't have it all their own way.

Gueret was fortunate to escape with a booking when, under pressure from County striker Lawrie Dudfield on 14 minutes, he slid out of his ground with the ball in his hands.

It was something of a let off for the Dons but Thompson's men got a bigger one when Drissa Diallo sent a free header from Stirling's long throw into the ground and over the bar.

Alan Navarro was trying desperately to break the shackles of a determined Magpies midfield as he flew into tackles and tried to allow Andrews the space to make things happen.

The Dons skipper started to find it, and after driving a shot just wide of Pilkington's post from range he found some room to pick a pass which finally exposed the well-marshalled County defence.

Lloyd Dyer was in behind Steve Hunt in a flash and forced Pilkington into a brilliant, point blank save.

But his efforts went unrewarded as Lewington whipped the resulting corner in from the right and Andrews rose through the crowd to head home at the near post.

Gueret did well to block at the feet of Mayo from Lee Canoville's cross and Dyer rasped a shot just wide before the break before the Dons suffered another injury setback.

Having started so well against the troublesome Jason Lee, O'Hanlon was forced off at the break pushing Ince into another reshuffle.

He needn't have worried as Diallo moved in alongside Danny Swailes at centre-half and barely put a foot wrong as the Dons took complete control.

Lewington got into the action with a brace of thumping tackles on Canoville and Adam Tann respectively, the second on 58 minutes leaving the big Magpies defender noticeably winded despite his best attempts to salvage his pride.

Knight ran on to substitute Jemal Johnson's pass to force Pilkington into another save while the best County could manage was a weak effort from Lee that Gueret could have saved in his sleep.

The Dons' second was only a matter of time, not that Pilkington was letting them have it easy as he superbly clawed away a Knight's overhead kick - a fantastic piece of improvisation from Stirling's long throw.

But it didn't last as Lewington sent the resulting corner in low to the near post again and Swailes dived to send a header skidding into the net from six yards.

It put the game beyond Thompson's side and if they were in any doubt, their fate was all the more clear when Dudfield headed Jay Smith's floated free-kick badly wide when well placed.

Eager to impress and doing a decent job, Johnson fought his way inside past Mayo to curl a shot just wide as his pace and strength caused problems.

The County midfielder was chasing shadows again a minute later when Knight bamboozled him inside the box. But after wrestling the little striker to the ground, Mayo somehow got away without conceding a penalty.

It mattered little as Wilbraham, on for the industrious Kevin Gallen, made it three on 85 minutes after a wonderful set piece. Andrews, Dyer and Lewington started a pinball routine to get Dyer free on the left and his cross into the box was met by the grateful striker, who headed in his first goal for nine months.

Three points, three goals and Ince's side will go looking for a third win of the season at Brentford next week.