Dagenham and Redbridge's run of defeats at the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Stadium continued as two early goals condemned John Still's side to defeat at the hands of Morecambe, who maintained their own decent form of late.

Still made two changes to the team that lost to Lincoln in midweek. Solomon Taiwo came in for the suspended Glen Southam while Jamie Guy made his first start for the club.

After a really slow opening ten minutes it was the visitors who burst into the life to take the lead on 13 minutes.

Henry McStay floated a free-kick over into the Daggers penalty area from a deep position. It was Diarmuid O'Carroll who sneaked in ahead of the home defence and he glanced a header that saw the ball bounce into the back of the net, in off a post.

There was already a degree of inevitability about the result and that was even before Morecambe's second goal after a quarter an hour.

A long throw into the penalty area saw the ball eventually reach Stewart Drummond on the edge of the area. His left footed strike was good, and the midfielder benefited from a slight deflection that took the ball past Tony Roberts.

Drummond almost had a second soon after only to shoot over while towards the end of the first half Michael Twiss broke free of the Dagenham and Redbridge defence only to clip the ball over Roberts but into the side-netting.

The Daggers were hardly an attacking force at all during the first period and Morecambe goalkeeper Barry Roche's action was limited to taking goal kicks.

The only opportunity John Still's side had came right before the half time whistle. Two loan players combined as Guy played in Doug Loft. Bearing down on Roche, Loft skewed his shot horribly as the ball threatened the corner flag rather than the goal.

In fairness after a pretty dispiriting first half the Daggers greatly improved during the second with a performance much more akin to what the supporters have been used to all season. They got their first shot in not long after the restart with Guy turning and firing straight at Roche.

Guy was involved in the next attempt. It came from the Sam Saunders corner that looked to be heading for the top corner. Roche palmed the ball away, but straight onto the on loan forward who had little time but to allow the ball hit him and then nestle into the side netting.

Guy then set up Matt Ritchie whose ferocious shot was well saved by Roche.

The Daggers knew that a Morecambe third goal would put the game out of reach and the Shrimps very nearly got that. Wayne Curtis ghosted past Magnus Okuonghae before being denied by a very good Tony Roberts save.

Later on Roberts made an equally good stop after Twiss got in through on goal.

The home side however kept going as they desperately searched for a spark to give them a chance of mounting a comeback. Saunders struck well from twenty yards and a very good save from Roche prevented the former Carshalton man from halving the deficit.

Scott Griffiths was the next to have a go only to find Roche in terrific form. The full back belted in a shot that was punched away by the Morecambe goalkeeper. Roche then denied the other full-back as he saved a Danny Foster header.

The Daggers pushed forward all the way till the end but there was to be no way past the visitors defence.