Coventry City striker Leon Best was pleased to be back amongst the goals but said that he would have preferred for City to have beaten Portsmouth.
"It's really disappointing to have lost that way because I thought they way we played against a good Premier League team deserved more than we've got," said Best to the club website.
"It's always nice to get on the scoresheet considering I haven't scored for a few games but I'd have preferred the win to be honest.
"Football can be cruel sometimes but we just need to concentrate on playing really well which we have been doing recently and keep that going in the league.
"We've been climbing the table in the last few weeks and we've deserved it with some of the performances we've put in so now, being out of the cup at least means we can now turn all our attentions to carry on climbing up the table."
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