Creighton's confidence call

Harriers worked very hard to contain Chris Coleman's Championship side but in the end they were shot down by second half strikes by Leon McKenzie and Leon Best.

While the Aggborough side struggled to open up the Sky Blues they did more than match their West Midlands rivals for effort.

"The biggest lesson we can learn is that you can match anyone with workrate and that's what we did so we can be proud of ourselves," said Creighton.

"The effort was there from the start. In the first half we were poor and we didn't keep the ball very well.

"There were a few nervous lads out there and we invited pressure on ourselves.

"In the second half we gave it a real go. Once they scored we just thought let's go for it and gave them a game.

"We opened them up a few times and they couldn't break us down either but we conceded two sloppy goals.

"We were never going to win the competition and we're a little disappointed to lose but we did well to get this far."

Harriers had stifled Coventry in the first half and went into the break on level terms and the visitors' hopes of at least forcing a replay at Aggborough seemed to be increasing.

However, McKenzie's goal early in the second period changed the complexion of the match and forced Harriers to come out and chase the game.

Midfielder Russ Penn said: "We dug in in first half and went into half-time at 0-0 and we thought we could do the same in the second.

"We thought we could try and nick a draw and take them back to Aggborough but it wasn't to be."

"Things opened up a bit more in the second period but and we dug in but at the end of the day they're a quality side and they scored two goals."

Shuttle Online will have post-match podcast interviews from Creighton, Penn and Andy Ferrell on Monday morning.

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