McIlroy, returning to his former club, believed the Shrimps could have stolen it at the death when a David Artell header was cleared off the line by Carl Tremarco.
"It's always a difficult place to come here and in the first half we simply didn't put any pressure on them," he said.
"I had to have a few words at half time and they responded magnificently with two great goals.
"I felt we could have won the game and there was a big question over Artell's header at the end which was apparently a foot over the line, but unfortunately we didn't get the decision."
Source: Team Talk
Source: Team Talk