Brisbane coach Ange Postecoglou was left frustrated after his side conceded an early goal in their 1-0 loss to Newcastle Jets at home on Sunday.
Brisbane were stung in the 23rd minute after a promising start to the match, and from that point the visiting Jets – who came into the match in second-last place on the A-League ladder, proved impossible to break down at the back.
“We expected them to try to be strong defensively and catch us on the break here and there. We controlled the game pretty much for the whole 90 minutes,” Postecoglou said.
“But when you do concede a goal and end up chasing the game, it allows the opposition to frustrate you, and I guess they did a good job of that for the 90 minutes.”
“The couple of times we broke through there were a couple of iffy offside calls, so you get frustrated even more.”
Postecoglou said the one-game suspension of the competition’s leading scorer, Besart Berisha, was unlikely to have played a part in the loss.
“It’s hard to say (how our attack is going) when you’re chasing games. When you allow the opposition to sit back – and they have every right to – it’s pretty hard to judge how we’re going,” he said.
“At the end of the day, we had enough of the ball and enough time to fashion a couple of chances, but we probably weren’t as decisive in that front third as we could have been.”
