Nelson Jardim | It wasn't a good start

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Head Coach Nelson Jardim shared his frustration following his side's 3-0 home defeat against Chesterfield. 

An early strike from Dilan Markanday and a brace from substitute Will Grigg condemned the Exiles to their first home defeat since early September.

"It wasn't a good start. I think it lost us a little bit of confidence and we didn't quite find the right passes in the first half,” said Jardim. 

"At half-time we put things right, made the subs that we needed to and we saw improvements right away.

"I think the boys tried, they did their best, but obviously when you commit little mistakes you pay a big price. I guess that is what happened today.

"I think we did improve, we created three or four goal scoring chances, it is just unlucky we didn't score one. If we could have taken at least one then I think we could have got the game back.

"I think it was clear goal, we will have to assess it better, but everyone is telling me that it was a goal, the players, some of the staff as well.

"If we could have scored a goal in that moment I think we would have been on top of the game. We would have had more energy to score a second. We didn't and I think we paid a big price for not."

He added: "It hurts [the result]. It hurts the fans, it hurts the players. Everyone is suffering.

"The fans tried to help the team, during the second half we had the fans with us.

"Now it is about bouncing back which is what we are going to do on Tuesday."