Set-piece goals 'massive concern' - Exeter's Taylor
Hakeem Odoffin's goal from a free-kick late in first-half stoppage time ensured Luton Town beat Exeter City
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Matt Taylor says Exeter City's poor defending at set-pieces is a "massive concern" after their 3-2 loss at Luton Town.
The Grecians conceded twice from set-pieces as their winless run extended to 12 games after a fourth successive defeat.
It left them 19th in League One, one point above the relegation places.
"There's a lot of that game which we were successful with in terms of our play and our ball use and our shape, and we looked like a good team for most of it," Exeter interim manager Taylor told BBC Radio Devon.
"But we've got no points to show for it and Luton have had to do very little to score the goals against us.
"We scored two good goals away from home, could have had more, dominated the ball for large parts, but have been undone by those moments," he added.
"They're so, so important and we value them, we're training them, we're coaching them, but the outcome's not enough at the moment in those moments."
Matt Taylor returned to Exeter City this month to take temporary charge of the first team
Taylor has earned one point in his five games in temporary charge of the side after Gary Caldwell's departure last month.
Exeter have not won a game since winning 3-1 at bottom side Port Vale on 24 January and are drifting closer to the relegation places.
"It's my responsibility - if we don't defend a set-piece it's the manager's responsibility," added Taylor.
"If we're a little bit soft in certain moments of the game, in a duel it's the manager's responsibility.
"So I have to find a way of, not negating that, but improving the output. The players know it, I know it.
"In those moments we had to be better and we just weren't in that first half, and the biggest frustration is that we've scored and looked like we could create tonight.
"In other games recently we've not quite looked like that, so that's a positive to go into the weekend, but every team will be looking at us and targeting certain areas and certain moments of the game."