Ebbsfleet United Dennis Kutrieb reacts to 1-1 draw at home to Maidenhead United in the National League

Ebbsfleet boss Dennis Kutrieb felt his team deserved maximum points after drawing with Maidenhead on Tuesday night.

It’s just one win in 14 National League games for the Fleet, who sit inside the relegation zone.

But Kutrieb felt there was only going to be one winner at Stonebridge Road and was left to bemoan the manner of Maidenhead’s equaliser.

A Sam Barratt free-kick from 35 yards was blocked but the ball looped wide to Reece Smith on the left wing and he cut inside before scoring.

“It's even more frustrating for me because that was the only way they could score a goal against us,” said Kutrieb.

“We need to see the positives and the team’s performance was definitely in the right direction.”

On the goal conceded, Kutrieb added: “That’s exactly the position we are in at the moment.

“They tried to get a shot on target, it was not like a well-worked training ground move, it was a twice deflected goal, the free-kick was deflected which is how they got the ball and then it gets another deflection.

“But that’s how we concede our goals at the moment, you can’t control that - it’s football.

“I’m frustrated as we deserved to win for our efforts. I think we had more quality, there was not much quality in the game but we definitely showed more and they were very passive.

“I think they came for a draw and they got it. It’s just the luck that you have when you’re down the bottom of the table, last season I don’t think we concede that goal and maybe we score three more.

“We need to focus on the things we can control and change, and we did most of well them.”

On the back of a 4-0 loss at home to Oxford City last Saturday, Kutrieb made five changes to his side.

With players coming back from injury, the Fleet boss indicated he was