GILLINGHAM boss Mark Bonner claimed his side were ‘way better’ than Newport County AFC despite seeing their League Two losing streak stretched to five games.

The Exiles triumphed at Priestfield Stadium for the third season on the spin thanks to first-half goals by defender Matt Baker and striker Kyle Hudlin.

Nelson Jardim’s side ended their three-game losing run and ensure the Gills, who started the season superbly, remain in a slump.

Bonner said: “It’s the most dominant we’ve been by miles in a game, but it doesn’t matter. You just can’t talk about that in the end.

“The run of results we’re on is rotten and it just becomes a horrible night for us with a horrible result.

“We can’t lose that game, we just can’t lose that game. I thought we were way better than they were, but we haven’t done enough to score a goal or enough to stop them so what an idiot I am for saying that.

“The two goals we gave them made the game really hard. It’s easy when you give the game away to go and chase, but we have to be that at 0-0. The two goals that we give them are criminal.

“We made this place a really hard place for people to come and win and we’ve lost the fear factor because of how we’ve gone about the last couple of games.

“We haven’t had the quality when we’ve had the chances to go and hurt them. We’ve been too easy to create chances against.

“The overall picture is we haven’t been good enough. We’re a long way away from the level needed to do what we’re aspiring to as a club.”