Aaron Cresswell endured a bittersweet afternoon on Saturday as his second goal for West Ham United failed to yield a home victory against Stoke City.
It looked for so long that the left back's seventh minute strike would be sufficient for a maximum point haul, until Marko Arnautovic levelled right at the end of second half stoppage time.
The leveller took the shine off his fine strike as the No3 admitted it was a disappointed dressing room at the final whistle.
"It's very disappointing for us," he said. "We're in the lead with two minutes to go and we let in the equaliser. Just before that too we were a bit sloppy and they had the offside goal ruled out which on another day could have been given, so of course we're very disappointed.
"The most disappointing thing was that we couldn't push on after going 1-0 up and score a second. We just needed that second goal either at the end of the first half or halfway through the second.
"It didn't come, so you just have to be professional and hold on to the 1-0 and play rough and dirty if that's the case to get that 1-0."
"It wasn't to be and they got the equaliser in the last minute. I can't really put a finger on why there have been a few late goals recently.
"It's us not staying switched on to the very end. It's Man United, Tottenham and now today so it's very disappointing not to get the three points, because if we had held on in those, we'd be quite high up."
Cresswell's opener came right from the top drawer and he revealed the dead ball came straight from the training ground.
He continued: "Back in the early days I scored a few free kicks but I don't think I scored many for Ipswich.
"Thankfully for me Nobes ran over it and it sort of put the keeper off and it went in the top scorer.
"We worked on the free kick in training and obviously it's paid off today. Nobes has stepped up looking like he's going to take it and the keeper has sort of fallen for it, leaving that side of it for me to put it in.
"Thankfully for me it's gone in the net but it is very disappointing that we haven't got the three points."
The Hammers travel to Manchester City next with Cresswell hoping to complete an unexpected double.
He added: "Manchester City would be a good place to get back to winning ways. We know it's going to be a tough place to go to, but we've got to stay positive.
"We've got six games left and we want to finish as high up the table as we can."