Eric said: “The balance of the performance overall was, perhaps, as we would have hoped to an extent in the sense that it was relatively even in terms of what was created, balance of the game and dominance of the ball.
“However, we really haven’t helped ourselves in the manner of giving the goals away in the way that we did. We followed up a good first five or six minutes, where we started on the front foot and had a sense of energy and aggression to the performance, with a goal that we’ll look back on and really kick ourselves.
“That’s then followed up not too long after by another that will really disappoint us. It feels like the opposition hasn’t had to work particularly hard to find themselves in the position they were in after the first 30 minutes. After that, we’ve got a mountain to climb.
“Whilst there are elements of the hour that follows that we can, of course, look back on and feel like we can grab and take into Tuesday – the dominance on the ball and the territory in and around the box – we also know we haven’t done enough and we have to do more.
“There’s a real resilience and a grit that is needed to get through the rest of the game in good shape having conceded so early on against the league leaders. We showed components of that, but following that up in the way that we did by conceding a second was not what was required.