Tottenham and Thomas Frank were left disappointed after their EFL Cup journey came to an end in the fourth round at the hands of Eddie Howe's Newcastle United.
The loss at St. James' Park came courtesy of two headed goals from Fabian Schär and Nick Woltemade, and was Spurs' first away defeat of the season.
The Danish manager, however, looked to take away the positives from his side's performance and insisted that tight margins decided the game.
"It's always disappointing to lose, and it's always disappointing to be out of a tournament where we'd like to progress to the next round," said Frank.
"Football sometimes is margins and I think in a tight game it was margins. I think the first one, a set-piece, where we normally have been very good, always things we need to look at. It happens. The second one, we lost the ball, then we have to defend the box. Then it happens again, but Toni shouldn't go for the ball, just stay in there and I actually think he would have caught it, but that's a decision you need to make and it happened.
"To look at it from a bigger perspective, I think our performance was good. I think we come to St. James’ Park and created more shots than them. We looked much better in phase one and two and looked more clear in our attacking ways. We had some good situations and really tested Ramsdale at times. He made some fantastic saves.
"We also had six or seven situations where if we arrive at the right moment we hopefully score. So, that’s the positive. I also think our mentality was good."
The result was the Magpies first win against Tottenham in the cup since 1976. Meanwhile, Spurs will look to bounce back quickly from the defeat as they play host to London rivals - Chelsea, on the weekend.