Matty Waters and Ryan Astles both felt Chester should have put their chances away to claim a positive result at Wrexham.

Jordan Archer missed a first-half header and saw Chris Dunn deny him from 20 yards, while Lucas Dawson's 25 yard hit was also well kept out by Dunn, before Wrexham edged ahead on the hour mark.

"The dressing room is really down," Waters said. "We came out second-half and I thought we played really well to be honest.

"We've had chances but we've not put them in the back of the net. We didn't cope with the first goal very well if we are honest.

"If one of those chances go in in the second-half, we're in with a chance and it's a different game.

"We've worked so hard to get into those positions and we'd have something to hold onto. But we didn't adapt when we went a goal down and they've got the second quickly after."

Waters, an academy graduate back in the team for the past three matches, added: "These are the games you want to be playing in. It was good to be out there today, especially to be out there with Tom.

"We've had a good game out there. I want to be out there playing every week and this is the first run of games I've had in the first-team and I think I've been doing well. Hopefully I can keep the shirt for the rest of the season."

For Blues skipper Astles, a towering presence throughout at the back, it was a tough defeat to stomach, and one which leaves the Blues hopes of National League survival in tatters.

"I thought we were on top and controlling the game," Astles added.

"The first goal came out of nowhere really. I felt it was pretty easy at the back up until the point where we conceded, I didn't feel unduly troubled by their strikers.

"But they stepped up and put in a much better performance for the last 30 minutes.

"Look, if we score one of our chances, it changes it. Jordan is probably disappointed with the header he's missed first-half and if that goes in the game changes totally. You could see at half-time how their fans were getting frustrated, they weren't happy with what they were seeing.

"But we've not taken our chances, they took the two that fell their way."