Phil Parkinson was left frustrated as he reviewed his first match in charge of Sunderland this evening.
The Black Cats fell to defeat at inform Wycombe Wanderers after Darius Charles’s goal inside 29 minutes proved to be enough to secure the points.
Speaking to safc.com post-match, the 51-year-old provided an honest assessment of his first outing.
“A difficult game, we knew it would be and the way Wycombe played, very physical and get the ball in the box and put you under pressure,” he said.
“I thought we competed well and it is so disappointing to concede from a set play. We spoke about not giving away needless free-kicks away and we did and we got punished for it.
“We lost the first header and they reacted quickest to second ball.
“The way we approached it and the way the lads were going about their business was good but we knew it was the area they were strong, we got punished.
“We had a lot of the ball, did we create enough? Show enough quality? Probably not but it wasn’t a lack of effort and heart from the lads - we just didn’t produce enough moments of quality to get the goal back.
“We can’t get too low from the defeat, dust ourselves down and go again Tuesday.”