SCOTT Lindsey took the blame and apologised to MK Dons fans as his promotion-chasing side suffered a shock 6-3 thumping at Newport County AFC.

The Buckinghamshire side were looking to get back to winning ways after their six-game successful streak had been ended by Gillingham.

They travelled to Newport in fine form but were given a drubbing after hat-tricks by Bryn Morris and Bobby Kamwa.

Luke Offord gave the Dons hope when he made it 4-1 in first-half stoppage time but a goal soon after the restart burst the visitors’ bubble.

Joe White and Offord’s second had given the Dons faint hope but County secured the spoils with 10 to go when Kamwa got his third on the counter.

“I apologise to everyone connected to MK Dons,” said Lindsey, whose side drop to ninth. “To all the fans that made the journey, I apologise because that performance was not acceptable.

“It’s not how we play. We didn’t look like us at all, apart from the first 10 minutes.

“We capitulated and we looked nervous, like we didn’t want to play. That gives them probably (an extra) 20 per cent in their game. We gave them that momentum.

“At half-time I still thought we could get something from the game because I know we’ve got goals in us – and they can be leaky in defence,” he added.

“I believed, even at 4-1. But we come back out and after two minutes it’s 5-1.

“I’ll take responsibility; it’s my team, my tactics, my training methods, my fault.”