Chris Kinnear says his Dover goalkeeper needs to put the errors he made in their defeat to Aldershot yesterday behind him.

Mitch Walker made mistakes for both goals in his side's 2-1 defeat at Crabble.

Kinnear backed his number one and praised the performances of Walker, and the entire squad, up to this point.

He said: “That happens. We all have days like that sometimes and he’s had a great season so just has to move on now.

“Mitch barely had a save to make apart from one big loopy ball in the box. He called for it and everyone turned away and I don’t know if he got a push. He thinks he got a push from the forward and the referee didn’t think that and they had a tap in.

“Maybe we are playing with a bit of fear as we were unbeaten in six but only winning one of them.

“It’s that fear of not losing as being such a young and inexperienced side but we are still fifth and have got to clear our heads.

“I can’t say a bad thing about our players because they have been magnificent up until now. It’s a good experience for them.”

Dover conceded in the 45th minute when Walker spilt the ball from a dangerous free-kick from the right, which allowed Jim Kellerman to tap in for the opener.

Manny Parry hit back almost instantly from a Mitch Pinnock free-kick from the right, which he headed in.

Walker was again at fault for the Aldershot winner in the 66th minute. He parried a cross from Bobby-Joe Taylor right into the path of debutant Nicke Kabamba who slotted home.

Kinnear was left disappointed with the final result after creating several opportunities at the beginning of the second half.

He said: “I thought second half we took it to them and they hit us on the break. It’s happened to us three times in the last few games so we’ve got to cope with that now and move on.

“It’s one loss in seven, we have drawn a few and people are happy to get a point here and hit us on the break.

“It’s because a lot of people were behind the ball. They only really played with one up. Aldershot were supposed to be one of the most attacking sides and they played with one up front and five in midfield.

“That’s why because we started so well and people are wary of us, which doesn’t make it easy but we have to solve those problems.”

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Dover’s defeat leaves them fifth in the table on 45 points and a two week break until their next National League fixture.

They host Marine at home in the second round of the FA Trophy next Saturday.