Ezri Konsa felt Aston Villa’s game management let them down in the closing stages of Friday night’s draw with Newcastle United.
The visitors looked set to take the three points when Ollie Watkins’ header deflected in off Ciaran Clark with four minutes left to play.
But in the final moments of four additional minutes, Jamaal Lascelles grabbed an equaliser when he headed home a cross from Jacob Murphy.
Konsa said: “It was a frustrating one. I don’t think we were good enough throughout the 90 minutes.
“When we went 1-0 up, I thought we could have managed the game a lot better than we did. Towards the end, we should have slowed the game down a lot more.
“I understand that we could have got another goal, but I feel in a situation like this, especially when we’re playing away from home, we’ve just got to slow it right down and make sure we get the three points.
“We didn’t do that today and it’s a very frustrating one for everyone in the changing room.”
Newcastle came into the game just a point above the relegation zone, and they were battling hard during a game that featured few clear-cut chances.
And the Magpies responded to going behind by throwing bodies forward, eventually getting their reward with one of last touches of the match.
Konsa said: “No game in the Prem is going to be easy. We knew that Newcastle had been struggling for the last few games and that they were going to come out today and try to get the three points.
“They put us on the back foot at times, but I thought we were going to come away with the three points.
“They nicked one at the end, which is annoying. But as I said, we’ve got to move on and look forward to Spurs.”
