It obviously hurts but I wouldn't say the performance was awful. Much of the game played out like a season opener, but we played some good stuff. Our lack of a clinical edge costing us again.
Now this new added time directive is in force, we need to be much smarter than that. I'm not sure taking your talisman off the pitch when they know they've got a good 15 minutes or so to score, is a good move - unless he's taken a knock. You make the game bitty, then you concede a bitty goal.
That said, if it wasn't for the goalkeeper things could have been worse. He's a massive upgrade and he deserved better. The back line were solid too, up until the 98th minute.
Still a centre midfielder short.