Lincoln City finally conceded a goal last night after four clean sheets in a row at the start of the season.

They also lost their 100% record, going down 2-1 to MK Dons in an exciting match that kept fans on the edge of their seats for the whole ninety minutes.

Kieran Agard gave the home side the lead with just seconds on the clock, but Tyler Walker bagged his second of the season to draw the Imps level.

A fortunate deflection gave Milton Keynes the lead once more, George Williams was laying in an offside position when the ball struck him and deflected past Josh Vickers.

After that, Milton Keynes went deeper and deeper, with Lincoln producing 26 efforts at goal throughout the encounter and enjoying 63% of possession.

They couldn't get a breakthrough, despite hitting the bar in the last minute courtesy of Jason Shackell. They're still second in the early table, but no longer boast an unbeaten start to the season.

Well over 1,000 fans travelled to the game and they will have learnt plenty about their side in defeat, which we examine below.

Not invincible

There had perhaps been a feeling amongst Lincoln fans that they were invincible in their new division, beating the likes of Rotherham and even winning against Huddersfield in the cup.

They're not. They conceded a weak opening goal and manager Danny Cowley was not happy, despite regular pairing Michael Bostwick and Jason Shackell starting their first game together at centre back

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Nice footballing side

They've often been labelled as a direct side, but in stepping up a division their play has evolved into a nice, passing style.

Arguably, the transition began last season, but with the tricky Jack Payne pulling the strings, they look a much more entertaining and efficient passing team this time out.

Angry manager

You can play all the nice football you want, but goals win games and the Imps didn't score enough despite having 26 shots, seven on target. At the end of the game, they had just one goal to show for their endeavour.

Manager Danny Cowley was not happy, lamenting his side's defending and arguing no matter how good people thought they'd been, in his eyes they had been poor because they lost.

High standards drive a team forward and few have standards as high as the former Braintree boss.