“We had to play flat out and we’ve had a day less to recover, it was a game too far for us. They are a top team, they’ll be thinking they should have gone further than they did. They have players of the highest quality.
“We are competitive in every game, to finish in the top four is probably above where we are currently. Huge credit to the players.
“I think two years on the number of caps the Belgian players have, they’re at their peak. We’re nowhere near our peak.
“We’ve tried to maximise the players we have and their profiles. It’s not club football, we can’t go and buy players. I can’t ask for more from them.”