MK Dons undone by Bromley comeback and endure first defeat in 5

MK Dons missed out on the chance to go top of League 2 as a 2-1 loss at Bromley saw them lose for the first time in 5 league outings.

Paul Warne’s side had arrived at the Copperjax Community Stadium on the back of 4 wins in a row in League Two and had taken an early lead through Rushian Hepburn-Murphy.

But second half goals by Deji Elerewe and Omar Sowunmi turned the game on its head, as Bromley came from behind to win the match.

The Dons slip to 4th in the league as a result, on a day when defeat for leaders Walsall would have seen them go top. There was a major concern for the Dons from the game, however, as goalkeeper Craig MacGillivray was stretchered off and taken to hospital following a first-half collision.

Things had started brightly for Warne’s Dons when they took the lead with 5 minutes on the clock. After being named ahead of the unwell Callum Paterson, Hepburn-Murphy marked his return to the starting line-up with an early goal when he touched in from Nathaniel Mendez-Laing’s cross.

A major incident then cropped up when MacGillivray collided with Bromley striker Nicke Kabamba as the two battled in the box. Both players were substituted following the collision, with MacGillivray coming off worse and leaving on a stretcher after multiple minutes of on-pitch treatment. Warne later confirmed the Dons goalkeeper was taken to hospital but was talking.

Both sides missed chances late in the half, with the hosts’ Michael Cheek having an effort cleared off the line before Will Collar skimmed wide from a Jon Mellish cross.

In a tight second half, Bromley equalised in the 73rd minute. A cross by Bromley sub and former MK Dons player Brooklyn Ilunga fell for Elerewe, who bundled the ball beyond Dons sub keeper Connal Trueman.

Bromley then found a second goal to complete their comeback 8 minutes later, when Corey Whitely picked out Sowunmi to head the ball home.

MK Dons had little response to that double blow, as they slunk to defeat, and in the process lost an away league match under Paul Warne for the first time.

The Dons face two more away matches coming up, as they travel to Colchester in the FA Cup next weekend before another visit to London when they visit Barnet on November 8th.