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It's the kind of game which makes you feel you have been kicked in the balls. Yet it's been happening too frequently this season.

I won't say we played badly. We did well attacking and all credit to Bellars for running his socks off and creating chances although his finishing was rather hurried. I think that's what we need - composure, especially away.

And the defence - all the clean sheets before and then the comical goal we conceded yesterday. But the defence is an area we need to sort out. Anytime a team attacks with pace we are in trouble - remember Arsenal. You can literally smell the fear in our defence.

The bench wasn't too impressive last night. Cupboard threadbare already? Granted that Alonso was suspended and a couple of others not totally fit. Momo and Bolo looked rusty also, understandably so.

At the end of the day, we should have put the Barcodes to the sword by the end of the first half. Yet you get the growing feeling this was going to be one of those days, as the chances kept coming and going.

Barcelona away next. We got to do much much better than this.