Another frustrating day, one when a lot of good, solid work was undone by a combination of bad luck and extra quality from the opposition.

I thought the first half was a bit of a non-event really ; neither side looked in much trouble, but equally neither really looked like scoring either. The second half was faster, more direct and neither side defended with complete composure. Our goal came from some incisive passing and movement and who knows what would have happened but for Daniels' aberration. A pity, because he played really well.

With twelve minutes to go I was thinking this was going to be another step forward. But then bang bang, a cruel goal immediately followed by an excellent one stemming from Lundstram's aberration. Did they deserve it? I didn't think so. They are top, which shows this isn't a good league. But equally, we are where we deserve to be too - the spirit is willing, but we keep coming up short.

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