Ebbsfleet United manager Dennis Kutrieb reacts to 2-0 National League defeat at Kidderminster Harriers

Ebbsfleet boss Dennis Kutrieb knows what went wrong at Kidderminster on Saturday – but he’s going to keep it in-house.

The Fleet manager cut a frustrated figure after two big decisions went against his team just before half-time.

But he admitted his team had to look at their own performance.

“Despite having decisions that go against you, we just haven’t been good enough for 65 minutes,” said Kutrieb.

“That’s more what we can focus on instead of referees making key decisions wrong as they won’t change anyway.

“It’s small margins. I did a massive mistake because I didn’t get the boys right, didn’t get them going so we could do it from the first minute and that’s on me, no-one else.

“If they’re not ready then I’ve done something wrong on the preparation for the game. Maybe they were not aware enough that the intensity is so high here, maybe I should have picked other players instead of going with the same 11. There’s a few things where I will look back and make sure we get it right for the next game.

“I know exactly what was missing and I know exactly what went wrong. That’s something we need to organise inside the team and nothing for the newspaper!

“We need to make sure we do it better and get it right. I saw some things during the week, and I could have done some things differently today but I decided against it. This is what I’m talking about.”

Kutrieb was asked about the refereeing performance as the man in the middle failed to produce a second yellow card for Amari Morgan-Smith just moments before Kidderminster took the lead. He then amazingly allowed a quick free-kick to be taken despite starting the process of putting foam down.

The Fleet boss was clearly holding back, aware that he can’t say too much without