Crewe 1 Gillingham 0: Reaction from Gills boss Gareth Ainsworth after defeat at the Mornflake Stadium – Adrien Thibaut scores winner in League Two clash

Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth was frustrated with the “one moment” that cost his side at Crewe Alexandra on Saturday.

The home side scored from their first on-target effort of the game after the Gills had seen several chances fail to hit the back of the net.

Report: Crewe 1 Gillingham 0

Crewe’s winner on 65 minutes came from a free-kick, the goalkeeper sending it to Mickey Demetriou, who headed it down for Adrien Thibaut and he stroked the ball in past Glenn Morris.

“We deserved something out of the game,” insisted the Gills boss, with his side ahead on all the stats apart from the one that mattered.

“We've had the better chances and then we conceded a set-piece and I can't keep going on about conceding set-pieces because it's not good enough.

“I put it all down to that one moment. We'd have taken a nil-nil because it's a tough place. We go home with nothing.”

The Gills were more than a match for the hosts in the first half, with senior players Gareth McCleary and Sam Vokes impressing. Both could have got on the scoresheet with a little more fortune.

Gillingham continued to look good up until conceding in the second half and that changed the momentum of the game.

Leading 1-0, Crewe went to five at the back, and managed to see the game out fairly comfortably, with the Gills’ substitutes unable to impact the game as the starters had.

Ainsworth said: “First-half, I thought we were very good. We looked dangerous.

“Their keeper’s made an unbelievable save, Gareth McCleary’s had one off the line.

“It's the same story, where you think you deserve something out of the game and if you don't get that [goal], go home with a nil-nil.

“[Other than the goal] I can't remember a shot on target from them in the game except that