"I can't say I was happy with the way we played," he said after the game, "but half our team are on the sidelines.
"If there was a difference between the two sides it was probably freshness. Our attitude was right but we missed chances.
"We could have scored in the first minute and five times in the second half.
"And when you are not having your best day you cannot afford to do that, It was not the kind of game we usually have."
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