Every word Philippe Clement said to Sky Sports after the loss to Kilmarnock.
Philippe, what's your assessment after that defeat today?
That is a big disappointment, of course. After a first half, where it was in balance, the game, second half, where we make much more of the domination and get a few good chances. The ball came off the crossbar, you feel you push them back and that we get a goal against that we can never concede because you know that's the kind of game they want to play. With these situations already before in the game, with these blind balls behind the defence, so we need to deal with that better.
Why do you feel you didn't deal with it well enough?
It's about details. It's about your right full-back at that moment, too late reacting to push forward with your defensive line and because of that, the player was not offside.
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So, yeah, those are details, but important details. And then we can react also better. Jack Butland is a little bit in no-man's land in that moment. Small details with new players also. So we need to learn out of that, but we need to play better than we did today. That's also clear.
Is there a frustration then that when you need to find a goal and about magic, you are unable to do that?
Yes, of course, you need in these games, like you said, that kind of magic and to open up the defence. They work really hard. We know that, all respect towards Kilmarnock about that. That's why it's a difficult place to play. Also on the surface, you need to be even more precise than on a grass pitch. So all these things you know before you come here, so you need to take these decisive moments, which we didn't take also, with the chances we had. So it's all on us that we were not good enough to win this game.
Is that more of a frustration or is that a worry in a way looking forward?
It's a frustration of today because I don't think this is the face the team showed in the last couple of weeks. It's a different kind of game also but we had to adapt better in that way.
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