Raith striker John Baird was doubly frustrated after finding out his consolation goal in the defeat at Falkirk had been credited as an own goal.
Baird left the pitch believing he had struck his ninth goal for Rovers since signing in January, but was annoyed to discover it had gone down as a Will Vaulks own goal.
“It’s 100% my goal,” he said. “As soon as I hit it I thought it was going in, and it’s ended up in the back of the net.
“The goalie is diving where he thinks the ball is going, and it’s just taken a wee deflection and gone underneath him,” he said.
“We should have done better as a team. We’ve lost two poor goals, and we’ve given away too many poor goals since I came in January. We need to do a lot more defensively as a team.
“They had a lot of the ball and we haven’t made their goalkeeper work, apart from picking the ball out the net. It wasn’t great.”
Rovers were fortunate not to fall behind in the 15th minute when, during an almighty scramble, Mark Beck, Craig Sibbald and Blair Alston all had attempts that were blocked on the line by defenders and goalkeeper Lee Robinson.
In the 20th minute Joe Chalmers powered forward from left back to cross for Beck, whose lay-off was stroked home by Championship top scorer Rory Loy.
It took the Bairns only three minutes to double their lead as Callum Booth was caught trying to dribble away from danger, and the ball was worked to Conor McGrandles who sent a delicate chip over the head of Robinson.
Rovers were forced into an early change when Joe Cardle limped off. His replacement, Grant Anderson, was involved in the 31st-minute move that brought Rovers back into the game.
Anderson’s cross was chested down by Calum Elliot to the feet of Baird, and the on-form striker’s effort was deflected past Michael McGovern by the outstretched boot of defender Vaulks.
Falkirk almost restored their two-goal lead in first-half stoppage time when Vaulks’ ball across the face of goal was just out of the reach of the inrushing Beck.
Rovers failed to register a shot on target during the second half as Falkirk continued to dominate, and only some wayward finishing from the home side prevented them from adding to their lead.
Raith boss Grant Murray said: “Coming here is always difficult. Falkirk are always a threat going forward, and to give them a two-goal head start just gave us an uphill battle.”
Falkirk boss Gary Holt added: “It wasn’t the prettiest game I’ve seen, or the most enjoyable we’ve played this season, but it’s about winning games at this stage of the season.”