Youri Tielemans confessed a feeling of frustration after Aston Villa fell to a 94th-minute goal in Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat at Manchester City.
Matheus Nunes struck deep into stoppage time to seal all three points in a tightly-contested encounter in Manchester, ensuring Villa left empty handed.
The Belgian felt it was a game of fine margins, and that his side’s efforts perhaps warranted more from the game.
He said: “It’s very frustrating to lose (in the) last minute of the game where we fought really hard.
“We blocked pretty much everything other than their goal, their first one.
“We get the first chance, they get the last one, they score, we don’t. That’s football, it’s just really frustrating.
“To lose like that, on that last action, was so frustrating.”
With four Premier League outings remaining after Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Crystal Palace at Wembley, Tielemans insists Unai Emery’s side will be “giving their all” to make it a successful season.
The Belgian added: “We’ve got four games in the Premier League left so we’re just going to give our all, get a good result in and be back where we want to be and hopefully be in the Champions League positions.
“Saturday, we’ve got the semi-final which we hopefully can win and then we’ll see from there. We’re now fully focused on that.
“We’re just disappointed for tonight and we just have to analyse and see where we can be better.”
