He said: “We need to start winning thses type of matches against the sides at the top of the league.
“But we can’t change the result now and we have to stick together and look ahead to the next few matches.
“It’s not the end of the world but whenever you lose a match to a close rival it is always going to be bitterly disappointing.
“The league is not decided today so it’s not over for us, but we need to win our next few matches and take it from there.
“There are still a lot of positives to be taken from the game and we have to take those into the next matches.”