Kean: We lacked cutting edge

lackburn manager Steve Kean felt his side lacked a cutting edge in their 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa at the Barclays Asia Trophy on Wednesday. Darren Bent scored the winner three minutes into the second half at Hong Kong Stadium with a trademark finish as he escaped the Rovers defence to convert Barry Bannan's cross."I think when we analyse the game, we were quite happy with the way we played, we worked the ball into the box," Kean said."We just maybe lacked a cutting edge a little bit but I thought up until the top end of the pitch, everything else clicked."Jason Roberts worked very hard and it was great for (Mauro) Formica to come in and play alongside him and Shay Given's pulled out a wonderful save from Brett Emerton."We're slightly disappointed we didn't manage to score because I thought we deserved at least one goal."I think it's a positive way we set about a game like this, we tried to control possession - it's just the top line that didn't manage to get the goal."

Source: Team_Talk