"I have been here for a matter of days and you are always looking for signs of encouragement. We put a lot into that game and we should have got more out of it.
"You can only ask for a minimum requirement from your team and that is hard work, desire, application and we had a lot of that today.
"It was a very competitive game. It went the way we thought it would go and we were comfortable within that.
"It is a tough one to take but we stuck at it and we gave a really good account of ourselves coming to a team who are very good on their home pitch.
"While it was 11 against 11, we were comfortable in the game, growing into the game, and deserved to lead."