AFC Wimbledon suffered a 4-2 defeat at the hands of out-of-form Bristol Rovers at Plough Lane.
The Dons looked favourites early on when Joe Pigott was brought down in the box after five minutes with the striker having no trouble finding the bottom right corner from the resultant penalty.
But Rovers responded in the 14th minute with Sam Nicholson accelerating through the Don’s defence to fire low past keeper Connal Trueman.
The visitors then took the lead 11 minutes later as Brandon Hanlan confidently nodded home before Wimbledon mirrored the goal on the half-hour mark through Ben Henegan’s head.
Luke Leahy then forced Trueman into a diving save before Hanlan smashed the ball past the keeper’s hands in first-half stoppage time to make it 3-2.
A triple substitution for the Dons just past the hour mark failed to make a difference as they chased the game with Nicholson heading home Rovers’ fourth two minutes later.
Wimbledon had a chance to halve the difference in the 90th minute when a Pigott header forced a diving save from Anssi Jaakkola but by that point Wimbledon were well and truly beaten.