He said: "The player misses that chance and then doesn't pick up his man at a set-play and they score.
"It's a disappointing night. There was nothing in the game.
"I think we controlled possession. We're still trying to find a way up front. We got down the sides of them but we lacked quality in the final third. I sound like a broken record.
"If you don't defend properly, which we don't for their goal, and you get in the final third and don't have that quality you need at this level, you pay a price." If our player does his job, we go in front and we don't concede."
"We were without four massive players, do you understand that.
"McCart comes down injured in the warm-up. We're here without (Sean) Raggett, we're here without (Jonson) Clarke-Harris. (Liam) Kelly has had his first game back in about six weeks. We are here without massive players, so you (reporter) need to stop being negative and look at it objectively."