"The second half was much better, you saw them have the belief to try to score a goal, it's just a pity they didn't get rewarded for that.

"When Tomas Magnusson came off the doctor gave the sign he succeeded in the [concussion] protocol but then he came to me to go back on the pitch and I just saw him not finding his balance anymore, it was not possible to put him back on the pitch. It's a pity because he was good in the game and you lose an important asset.

"It's difficult to say now because he [Calvin Miller] feels it still in the outside of his knee. The brace is a precaution so it doesn't get worse but we'll wait for the scans.

"We've got 10 guys who are injured, I've never seen that in my whole career. If you put them together you have a pretty good team that could play in the Premiership.

"It's a missed opportunity but you can't go back in time and try to do better because in cup games anything can happen to decide the game, for us it was two bad injuries."