The visitors slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Hindmarsh Stadium with goals from Fabian Barbiero and Lucas Pantelis doing the damage.

Van Egmond said: "Obviously we’re pretty undermanned as everyone knows.

“There were times there I thought we did quite well, we looked threatening, but unfortunately too often we lacked that killer punch in that final third

“A couple of silly errors tonight have cost us a couple of goals."

He later told the Herald: "We are trying to share the workload with the young players so we don't get injuries.

"A lot of the young players we are blooding at the moment are not really ready.

"I thought Brodie Mooy did a good job in the first half, but realistically these boys are not ready, but they are getting game time purely for the lack of numbers.

"It is a good experience for them, but realistically they are not going to help us in the Champions League."