McGlynn fears for Falkirk's League Cup chances

John McGlynn admits Falkirk are "looking for favours" in the League Cup group stage after Tuesday night's defeat at home to Ayr United.

Kevin Holt's first half goal was enough to steer the second tier side to victory against the Bairns who had a chance to level from the penalty spot with five minutes to play but Ross McIver's attempt was saved by Harry Stone.

The result leaves Falkirk second in Group G, three points behind Ayr United after two games.

"We've done well in the League Cup now we're kind of chasing," McGlynn told club media.

"All we can do is try and win our next two games, and I don't know if nine points will get you through. More often than not it doesn't.

"There might be a hiccup somewhere along the way that might help us, but you're now looking for favours because we obviously have to go and do the rest of the job ourselves.

"We've got to win the next two games in the group and hope that's enough. But I'm really disappointed. That was not what I was looking for.

"We changed things in the second half to have a go, but at the same time, we've not done enough.

"We got a penalty, a wee bit of quality, Ethan Ross managed to get in a good area and we got a penalty kick from it and it summed up that we missed a penalty. If you score the penalty with five minutes to go, you maybe get a winner, you may be win on penalties and we might have got a get out of jail card."