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[Huw Evans Agency]
Newport County boss Christian Fuchs says his side need to be smarter after missing an opportunity to inch away from the League Two relegation zone at Walsall.
The Exiles led 1-0 at half-time at Bescot Stadium thanks to Harrison Biggins' volleyed opener from James Crole's cross.
However, Daniel Kanu levelled just past the hour and then Alex Pattison won it for the play-off hopefuls with a strike from distance in the sixth minute of added time.
County were helped by defeats for fellow strugglers Barrow, Harrogate, Crawley and Tranmere and remain a point and a place above the drop zone.
"It's a missed opportunity and that definitely hurts," said Fuchs, whose side travelled to the West Midlands after a late 1-0 loss to promotion-chasing Bromley in midweek.
"We have now missed two opportunities to push forward and to go further up the table.
"There are seven games to go and we need to be more clinical and take advantage of chances that we have.
"We need to be smarter at times. When you have the opportunity to get one point away from home in Walsall, then you should take that point.
"I'm happy with the performance, but again we didn't walk away with any points and that's the part that we definitely need to fix."
Bottom club Barrow are two points worse off than County, but have a game in hand, while the Exiles also travel to Cumbria on the last day of the season.
Fuchs' side host 19th-placed Shrewsbury, who have moved to the brink of safety, on Saturday, 29 March.
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